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HI Kathy,
Carole here,
Once again you've put forth some truth that we all need to think about. Have you noticed how today isntegrity doesn't seem to be what people think about? People set appointments, then don't keep them--don't call to cancel either..just don't care. They run up bills and don't pay them or change the names to their kids...they take a job and when they're expected to DO the job, they whine about it...
I don't understand it! Or maybe I do..Let's see;
We took prayer out of school..hmm
We told our teachers they cannot discipline our children--might hurt their psyche...
Then we told our parents they couldn't discipline either..give em a timeout--so they'll learn what it's like to sit in jail..The Bible says "Spare the rod and sppoil the child, the stripe will heal.."
When our kids want something, we give it,for no reason, now work for it, not a reward, just becasuse. If they don't get it they throw a fit for it--and get away with it!
If we tell our kids to take out the trash or do the dishes we have to PAY them for it--pay them for being a part of a family unit...hmmm
We have turned into a nation so self-gratifying that we have to send our mothers out to work so there is no nurturing for the children, except for babysitters..hmmm
Fathers aren't and mothers can't..Integrity is taught by and learned from role models, we have no integral heroes today, their too busy making a living or gossiping about their neighbors or criticizing their families, bosses, etc..so where is the integrity?
Sorry about the long windedness, I am just mad about what I see happening, and people carping about it, but no one doing anything about it. I write my Senator/Congressman/President, they are probably real tired of hearing from me. I stayed at home with my kids until my 3rd one was 4. My husband told me if I wanted bills to be paid to go to work...so I did! My older kids developed much stronger senses of family and morals because I was there. By the time my ladt one was born I was in the work world and couldn't be home with him and he and his 6 yr old brother at he time grew up with a working mom. These boys are struggling today, where my oldest daughter and son are very successfull, it's a shame to me, I can't change it, but it's a theory tested and proven to be fact. These are good boys, yet their father didn't work, I did. So guess what their role model taught them...?Let the woman take care of you! They are now recognizing this and trying to change their lives, but how much simpler would it have been had they had that role in their formative years? Instead of seeing it in their stepfather (who allows me to stay home)now that they are grown?...
Just some thoughts.
Keep up the good work.
Carole
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