Its unfortunate
This is more common than we know or think. The reported cases are few but most likely extreme, but a great percentage remains unreported. Abuse has many sides to it, there’s physical, there’s emotional, there’s spiritual, there’s psychological, sexual and many others. Abuse is basically using something or someone for the wrong purpose or intention. For example, using a child as a sex partner or using an adult as a punching bag.
Children experience abuse by being treated with cruelty, and disregard among others. Adults are entrusted with children to nurture, mold, love and bring up; whether as parents, guardians or members of the community. Through the children, adults have the opportunity to contribute to future generations and communities or societies. Adults also find themselves between a rock and a hard place. No matter how damaged and messed up an adult’s life may be, they are still expected and entrusted with the ability to birth a society that is better than the one they grew up in. Many adults may not consciously realize, they determine how the world tomorrow will look like and be like. The world today may have a lot of bullying, tribalism, nepotism, racism, and other forms of discrimination or issues that may not have been defined or classified, BUT, adults determine and influence the children’s tomorrow.
The adults ARE RESPONSIBLE for how the children turn out. If the desire is to have a more loyal, sensible, innovative, secure, authentic or responsible society, then the adults must realize they have too much power and put it to good use. We cannot afford to ignore, bury our heads in the sand or pursue our own fulfilment at the expense of the children. This means we have to decide what we want and pursue it with all we have. Whether our children grow up to be thieves, murderers, wizards, bullies, fools, liars, sociopaths and many other negative things we do not want to imagine, or; hard workers, empathetic individuals, honest leaders, and all the positive things we desire, will be a direct result of our actions today.
YOU CAN ONLY GIVE WHAT YOU HAVE. If you are empty, the same applies, you will give emptiness. A child will only love if they have known love, they will only be respectful if they have known respect, they will only be empathetic if they have known empathy.
Your children are your legacy, how will they contribute to the world and what will they pass on to your grandchildren or the generations to come??
Decide…..
