Recently, I have entered into the conversation with a few people about what is happening with the state of America, and our children. It seems as if kids of today's generation are less accepting of authority, and feel they are on an even level with adults. As I observe those younger than me, mostly born anywhere after 1986, I find a different mindset than those I grew up with, and those before us. So I thought about it and sat down with people whose opinion I valued, and saw what they thought of my opinion. What did I come up with? THE PREVALENCE OF THE SINGLE PARENT HOME EMERGING IN THE 21st CENTURY.                                                                                     

       Just as I observe here on myspace the many profiles of single females with 1, 2, 3, kids, and no father around. Personally, I grew up in a two parent home and do not know what I would be without it.I would be running the streets with multiple kids right now I believe. I feel like young boys need a father figure to show them how to be a man, and deal with man issues. It is REAL hard for a mother to relate to a male dealing with male issues. And I feel like daughters need to see what a real man looks like, acts like, and how they treat a woman, so they can choose the proper mate down the line.

      Now don't get me wrong and think I am not looking at the total picture. I understand that some couples just do not make it and split up, but you must applaud the effort and understand that people just may not be compatible in the end. We all had friends whose parents were togther for years and split up because they grew apart. My focus, is not those people that try and fail, it is those that never try the other side. I feel too many woman are content to let men impregnate them, and then give them the option later of wifing them. And conversely, it is too many men who are content to get females pregnant and only sustain responsibilty financially, and sometimes not even that. Men and women must set, and give better choices to each other. Think of the adverse results on your children.

     Once you have kids it is no longer about you, the next generation is what matters. I am not naive to think that sex doesn't happen, it does, and always has and always will. We as people must make better choices with whom we lay down with and have kids with. Just because someone is good to us today doesn't mean they are good for the long run. Not saying that dating is wrong, but people come into our lives for reasons and seasons, and we must learn, and disinguish who is there temporarily and those that are with us for the long haul.

     Think about your future and not just today. Tomorrow will come and go if we do not plan for it. So please, do not let another generation of kids slip by the wayside without mothers/fathers. Let us do our parts and step in where so many have failed us. Thanks for reading, please leave a comment and let me know what you think.