I disappear for months on end......just my life but I always come back!
To still to be married and happily so?
To the status of minority you go
To discipline your children and tell them no?
To others....how does that help them grow
To not follow the crowd but stand alone?
Rediculous...I'm happy their a social clone
To install politeness and manners?
Why do that, my child's full of rightness
To ensure our children shine with brightness?
I don't need to my child is full of lightness
To not bully or judge?
Why the hell not
I doubt many people give it a thought
To over protect and drive them mad?
Definitely not needed. . . My child's not that bad
To take an interest in their life?
Oh no that would cause hassle and strife
To let them be men when there barely a teen
We're wrecking their lives, childhood and dreams
She's nine years of age and plays with a doll ?
Surely that child must be slow?
Not make up....boys or a cellular phone?
Her social status just won't grow!
Let kids be kids for its never for long
Let them be a child. . . . to rob that is wrong
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Jooles (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Myself and a friend were talking about how a 2 parent family these days is a minority and the lack of responsibility some parents take for their children's behaviour and what future society that is building.....very deep discussion over a hot chocolate and cake. Let kids be kids. ...messy...making mistakes and always learning
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THANKS JOOLES ~ For some positive advice to Parents and would~be Parents. Bringing up kids in the 21st C is not easy and cell phones and PC's give them access to everybody and everything at the bouch of a tutton. If you read EMILE by Rouseau he proposes rearing children in a Controlled Environment in which they are are only exposed to information and experiences they can comprehend ~ the chance of that happening today is ZILCH ! Girls suffer more than boys and become concerned about their face (cosmetics) and figure and fashion by nine or earlier . Boys ~ on the other hand ~ never have to "grow up" ! Behaviour of kids ~ with or without their parents ~ is at an all time low ! Thanks for scaring ~ BRIAN
Hi Brian I will definetly check out the other poem. Totally agree but sadly boys are being pressured these days as well to look a certain way....dress a certain way....be part of the crowd and instead of parents teaching kids that's wrong....be individual they are supporting this horrible social status. Gone are the days of climbing and falling out of trees as apparently it's to dangerous...rope swings and playing soldiers in the woods...yup...my childhood was awsome lol sorry....rant over
Very, very true words and point of view so well put into a intelligent piece of writing!
Thank you thats a lovely comment
Well written and expressed very deep
Thank you Tony 36
Welcome
Loved this piece, very fitting for our time, great work.
Yeah everything is slightly messed up
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