Parenting

Its a choice that we make to be a good parent. Anyone can become a parent, and we can be parents not only to our own biological children but to all children. We may adopt the children of humanity as our own. To be concerned for the welfare of a child is very simply a choice. And if we make this choice then naturally we assume some responsibility for the children. All children have material needs, they need good food and clothing in order to grow and mature into adulthood. But no one person has the means to care for the material welfare of all children, we do the best we can to care for our own children. And beyond the material needs that every child has, there are spiritual needs as well. In order for a person to develope the healthy and mature personality, they need to be socialized. Children need good role-models to choose from, and our world has many exempliary persons to offer. Emotional abuse and trauma may injure the developement of a child, every child needs someone to show them loving kindness.

Being a good parent is mostly a matter of practice, because we don't always recognize what is good. We do better with a little experience. By the time we can become granparents our biological children have reached adulthood. Perhaps the experience we have gained in life has made us a little wiser by now. We are better qualified to do the parenting job, and we are ready to be good grandparents. Even our adult children may need some guidance from us at times. We could all benefit from the wisdom of greater experience, if we admire our elders.