Parenting In 2021 And It's Only January
Today was a big day. I had another post to send out to you all today but I decided to scrape it because while I'm not political, Today being a US citizen. I'm shocked and saddened.
Domestic Terrorism? I'm not sure what today would be best called but I do know that it scares me for the future of my children. See the thing is this is different for me because like many of us, I'm a Parent during a time when the world has felt more uncertain in a long time. What our future will be has been in question in general.
Global Warming, Hunger, financial crisis, Pandemics, Opioid Crisis, etc..
Likely I'm noticing more about the faults of humans now that I brought 2 more onto this planet. The sense of responsibility to make sure they eat well, learn as much as they can and frankly to just make sure they just don't die daily is my main goal.
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But today was different.
Today, I began to worry about their future lives and if they will get to live it happily. I think many of us parents feel guilty occasionally about having kids when the world is a bit less than stellar but to worry about the kinds of futures they will have simply due to the hate of others. It's scary. And it makes me hurt for them.
I would do anything and everything to keep the pain away from their hearts if I could. But when I'm old or just gone, how can I save them from the world?
I know I can't save them, And I also realize I'm not sure how to prepare them either.
2020 was such a hard year, and 2021 is proving that the fantasy of things getting better overnight is not the way life works. And now, us Parents need to ask ourselves or each other too...How do we prepare our kids for the direction life is heading now? How do we love them, guide them, and mend the pain?
