Raising Kids

IM ALWAYS TELLING MY KIDS LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT BUT HOW YOU MAKE IT NOT HOW YOU GRAB AND TAKE IT IVE ALWAYS TRIED TO TEACH THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG BUT WHAT IF THE WISDOM I THINK IM GIVING THEM IS WRONG WHEN YOURE A PARENT YOU ALWAYS TRY TO DO WHATS RIGHT SOMETIMES THAT MEANS LONG DAYS AND EVEN LONGER NIGHTS YOU TRY TO GUIDE THEM AND POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION GIVE THEM SECURITY AND LOVE AND ALWAYS GIVE THEM PROTECTION BUT WHAT IF IN THE END YOU FIND YOU JUST HAD TO GIVE THEM ROOM TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND WILL IT HAVE ALL BEEN IN VAIN WILL HARM STILL FIND THEM OR GIVE THEM SHAME SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT ALTHOUGH YOU TRY WTH ALL YOUR MIGHT TO SHOW THEM HOW TO FIGHT THE FIGHT YOU PUT IT IN GODS HANDS AFTER ALL HE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES THE PLANS SO IF YOU THINK WHAT YOU DO IS ALL IN SPITE AND YOU ARE READY TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT THEN LOOK AT YOUR CHILD AND THINK AGAIN CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT MINE I SEE A FRIEND A FRIEND THAT I HELPED ALONG THE WAY THAT I DIDNT GIVE UP ON OR LET GO ASTRAY THEY ARE VERY STRONG INDEPENDENT MEN WHO AFTER A LIFETIME OF RAISING I AM FORTUNATE TO CALL A "FRIEND"