I would do research that benefits children and families I
would do how parenting has changed in recent decades. I can remember my grandparents
keeping me while my parents worked. During the summer we played outside all
day. We came in to eat lunch and breakfast and went right back outside.
Whatever my grandma cooked for us that is what we had to eat. There was no choosing
what you wanted to eat. Whatever our parents or grandparents told us to do we
did it. Time like this has changed so much. Children now can do what they want
to do. Its not all on the children but what the parents allow them to do. I look
at the children in my classroom and when they do something wrong and we let the
parents know they act like its no big deal. The children take their parents as
a joke. I can say I’m going to call your mama they say go ahead I don’t care.
If I got in trouble at school my parents would beat my butt. I knew better not
to get in trouble or embarrass my parents. All they had to do was look at me
and I knew I better straighten up.
Parents want to be their child’s friend instead of being a parent.
I had my children at the age of 15 and 21. Some say it comes from children having
children but I raise my children the same way my parents and grandparents raised
me. I was very understanding with my children but they know when I mean
business. Parents now are relaxed and lazy. They are not teaching their child
structure, respect for others and themselves and the value of an education. Out
of this research I want to gain knowledge to help these parents improve their
parenting skills and give them the resources that they need.
