U Are Your Children! Do Your Like What U See?

We are living in a time in history where many people think that being accountable for their actions is a second or third option. For some, accountability is not an option at all.

Many parents display a lack of accountability to their children by allowing the television, older siblings or family members to constantly be the babysitter, their romantic relationships, jobs, and social life to come before their children. Some of the messages that are sent to these children are that: they don't count, they come last in your list of priorities and their value has changed because this person has entered your lives. These are some of the slow and poisonous examples of how parents taint and teach their children lack of accountability. Sending these types of messages to your children destroys their self-esteem; they develop low moral standards for themselves and gain a limited understanding of who they are.

The results in some cases are: disobedience and lack of respect of themselves and their parents, dropping out of school, drug use, sex, and they develop a nothing to lose attitude. You may ask yourself how do parents that display lack of accountability contribute to their children's dysfunction. Here is a good example, think back to when you were a child and your parents bought you a toy. You were so excited and promised to play with the toy everyday and you took an oath that you would never get tired of playing with the toy. Until one day you saw another toy that attracted your eye. You begged and pleaded with your parents to "GET YOU THAT TOY!" You finally got the toy. Now that old toy is buried in the heap of all the old toys that you promised to play with forever and ever. By displaying a lack of accountability to your children they become like that old toy that you were once excited about and that you promised to take care of forever and ever. Somewhere along the line you lost interest and tossed your children into that heap of old toys where you’re broken dreams and aspirations lie.

One of the great things about life is that sometimes we get a second chance to live our dreams and aspirations, but sometimes people are not so easy to offer a second chance. I implore you! If you are a parent that displays a lack of accountability to your children, please adapt your lifestyle to welcome your children back into the fold. If you are okay with stealing your children's dreams, aspirations and self-worth then don't complain about the results of your lack of accountability.