Some Times We All Need Help
I read on the internet
you can't blame your parents
you can't blame the Government
your choices make your life
Granted I agree with part of that
but I believe that Governments,
society, parents and the child
all carry a percentage of responsibility
Back in the sixty's
our parents could go out
and leave their back doors unlocked
yet watching the movie Oliver Twist
That was not the case back in history
so what were our parents doing right
that todays society is now doing wrong
what can we learn from the past
I think that the most important lesson
is that children learn best from adults
they respect
I remember growing up was different
The bobby on the street
was more likely to know your parents
if he caught you down the street vandalising property
he was more likely to kick your bum
take you home and tell your parents
what you had done
mum and dad would deliver
the appropriate punishment
Yet in todays world
if children run away
authorities are more likely
to step in and take the child away
I tried looking after some street kids
but how do you know what is the truth
Grant said his mother was an alcoholic
that he got into a fight with her and ran away
yet later I found out part of the truth
Grant was told by the school authorities
Government representatives
that he was entitled to the youth allowance
so going home he got into an argument
with his mother demanding she sign papers
getting him the youth allowance
but to do that reduced her benefit
the money used to pay rent, buy food
he got into an argument and ran away
kids tell lies to get what they want
another mother had an argument
With her daughter
her daughter threatened to call the authorities
the mother gave her the phone
the Authorities stepped in
the child was put into foster care
once in foster care
the child climbed out the window
and ran away meeting up a gang
getting onto drugs
now with a drug habit
she grew up to become a parent
meet up with a man
who had an alcohol problem
their child lived watching parents fight
year after year learning how to fight
to say that parents and Governments
don't have an affect on child development
is just not the truth
how many children die in wars
how many children suffer from abuse
how many parents are just to soft
allowing their children to rule the house
in todays world police do not support parents
the child's rights come first
but sometimes good parents
need to discipline a naughty child
sometimes
we all need help
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2020
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