Parent’s Actions Affect Their Children

I believe parent’s actions affect their children more than they know. Parents of the teenagers growing up now are in their early 40′s. These people were so young when they decided to have children they didn’t take into account the amount of life they hadn’t lived yet. I know from experience how this turns out for the child of young parents. I believe this experience has taught me a great deal.

I can only imagine the hardships of being a young married couple without any life experience, but I believe the hardest thing about the situation would be raising a child when you are still a child yourself. Children are an impressionable group of people. They are like little sponges. They learn from watching the people around them, and I believe they take it all in, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I believe what parents expose their children to will impact their lives, no matter what.

I believe the two most influential people in a child’s life are the mother and the father. I grew up in a divorced home. My dad and my mom divorced when I was three and over the course of the next seven years Daddy went through three other divorces and Mom went through one. They might not have realized it then, but I was watching and learning from them. I believed there was no such thing as a “lasting relationship.” Seeing the hardships they went through scared me. The thought of committing to another person still frightens me, but I decided if I ever did “get it right,” I would have the stable family I always wanted. I believe through watching my parents and learning from their mistakes have shaped me into who I am now.

When I look around my community and see many young parents, I can’t help but feel sorry for their child. I feel sorry because I know their parents are so young and have so much life to live. They will have good times and bad times. I know that child will see this struggle and I pray that it will learn from its parents. My daddy always said “Every decision you make will impact not only your life, but the people closest to you,” I believe what my daddy said is true. I believe this to be true especially for parents with children.