Our parents do a lot for us. They feed us, clothe us, and
raise us. However, this means they have very specific responsibilities in
two key areas of our life before we are old enough to move out on our own.
Let's discuss them.
Education: Parents are the sole providers of
education. This includes basic reading, writing and arithmetic (math),
cultural/societal training, and religious education. Parents have sole
responsibility over these areas. If they cannot do it alone then they
enlist help from schools and institutions to insure that we do get this
education. But, even if they give some of that responsibility away, they are
still responsible for insuring that the education their child receives stays
true to the family values the parents want to impart. If said education
fails to provide all of what is needed, then the parents supplant it in
whatever ways they see fit to ensure the total core of what they believe is
required for their child to know is imparted. If the educators they hire
do not teach the values that parents want, then parents by obligation must
either shift their child out of that education system to protect them, or find
a way to counter the unproductive narrative of the education their child is
receiving. First and foremost, parents should always have the opt in
clause given to them by any education institution, whether that be to use their
services or to attend specific lessons and classes. A parent has sole
right to this field and it should not be infringed.
Health: Just like
education, a child's health, until the child is of age, is under the sole
authority of the parents. They make any decision on who treats their
children, to how the treatments are to be carried out. Parents can adjust
how their children are treated by healthcare professionals based upon fear of
harm, alternative solutions that parents believe are better, and even meeting
certain religious ethics. In this, parents rights again should not be
infringed as the parents are just that the parents. Their child is theirs
and theirs alone, and no one has a say on how to raise another person’s
children.
Conclusion: First and foremost, this is not a
lecture to parents. They in general know their responsibilities.
This issue is geared toward young people like me who have yet to have
children. It is a reminder that raising a child is about more than
playing catch and the main rights and responsibilities a parent has outside of
giving birth and letting the child live in your home. Also, there are some
parents who are content just letting others do their job for them as well.
They looked for an out from their responsibilities for parenting by
giving all responsibilities to the public education system, and to doctors who
your child has no affection, or feelings for. Thus, a relationship like
that is cold and unfeeling which I believe results in a child that is distant
and cannot connect with the parents on the most basic of levels (love).
So this is for them. Those who have yet to raise a child, and to
let parents look and evaluate themselves to see if they feel they are doing
enough. God Bless all the parents and future parents in the world, for
they hold the future in their hands.
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