Was talking to a friend today about relationships and shit like that. That lead to talking about the affect our parents had on us.. Whether good or bad.
Back in the day kids were basically seen not really heard.
Some parents have kids for selfish reasons.
It's taken me a long time to decide whether I want to have kids or not (maybe a bit too late to decide anymore ).
I wanted to make sure it was for good reasons not selfish ones.
I see so many kids in unfortunate situations, who have parents what are kids themselves, who fight often or who just take out their own life stresses on their kids, some were unwanted accidents and treated that way, some were had to "mend" an already broken marriage.
Often I would hear "oh that baby is soooooo cute I want to have one... Or I can't wait to get one".
I'd always think .. "Well you do realize that they aren't a toy. That's a human being you are bringing into this world"
A few years ago I decided I did want to have kids if I was ever blessed with the opportunity. I won't get into the whole reason but I was happy that it wasn't a selfish one.
I'm thankful for my family and how I was raised and the opportunities I was lucky to have been given. There is enough love there that I wanted to have a kid to give them all that I was blessed with. To make a wonderful human being and to bring more love into this world becUse we all know this world needs more good people in it. Sad that I may not have that opportunity... There maybe other kinds of opportunities to do so.
My friend Janet said tonight " that's what parents are supposed to do, teach you to love yourself and to love others"
Unfortunately that isn't always the case