After Noon! Friends,

I would like to say Thanks to everyone who has being very supportive and understanding the concepts of friendships no matter what you apply it too. While, we are continuing the approach of an extremely changing global world environment, every second in life, interest, feelings, outlooks, business, etc. especially with our younger generations about friendship, giving, helping each other, as well as others. We older generations must understand that our younger generations have been and will continue to be exposed to much more than we older generations have ever been. Therefore, a lot has being going on and changed. Their schools, their communities, as well as their home environment have change for better or worst. The more the older generations observe and look at the changes life situations has brought upon everyone good and bad, the better we can understand, and make wise changes to help our self selves to understand our younger generation outlooks on life, friendships, business etc. and appreciate it more. No matter how terrible a decision our adolescents make these days, we owe it to ourselves to have a good look at how we deal with the situations of our adolescents.

I would like to share something, my Church has come to create a youth program service just for the youths, which everyone was encouraged and very welcome to attend the services, it was created to help with proper communications between grandparents as well as parents, and others come to understand our younger generations. The program has a youth service every 4^th Sunday of each month and has become extremely successful with a lot of learning, understanding and fun since it started. The reason for this program is to help grandparents as much as parents and others not to fear and be afraid of their grandchildren decisions as well as other children, but rather make self changes to observe, listen, communicate, and understand how our younger generations are seeing ours and well as their future.

In my opinion, I feel the older generation owe this respect to younger generations more than ever, because we did not put a foot down to the limits of what’s exposed, viewed, etc. in TV, Movies, Video Games etc. which we were never exposed of when we were young some 50 and more year ago. These kids now a day are not freely playing home sports games in the neighborhood streets, making go cars to roll down the hills, home made bicycles etc. those things were extremely fun to us older generations, what about, what’s fun to our younger generations? Help them to properly adjust to the fun in their life successfully, I know many things about these youngsters may not seem agreeable to older generations, but there is always a right and wrong way of doing things in life. The important of this, is that our youngsters keep living happy and safe as possible.  

Perhaps! The more understandable communication within the home the better your Children make wise decisions and are safe away from home. Don’t shut them out and don’t let them shut you out of their life. Communicate, never be a shame and show too much pride to make the first move. Apologize just because, you love them. And Yes! You can have a friendship, and be their friend too. I’m sure you know the boundaries not to cross, this goes for both parents and children. My family and I are the best of friends.

Much Love Always,

Leslye