by Mayaenfrance

Created on: July 21, 2008

Starting a family is such an awesome event. We are so enthusiastic, mothers to be, fathers to be, grandparents, aunts, uncles and of course the cheering from the friends who have not been initiated yet. Yes, yes, have children, propagate, and prosper.

You do not marry someone with the intent of building a life, making a home and starting a family, so that 15 or so years down the line with the little ones hanging on your leg, the bank account empty and you at your wits end to hear the other half say "well it does not seem to be working out so I am just going to find someone else to continue the road with"

Or better still "I have found someone else to continue the road with"

Well that is what it seems like to me, now a days; people are not raised to understand what it means to take on the responsibility of marriage. It has become so easy to get married, to get divorced to remarry and start all over again that we have a couple of generations of children that have no idea what it means to have healthy long lasting, loving relationships.

What do we want to tell our children?

What do they need to know before they leave the nest in search of their own lives?

It is becoming more and more prevalent for children to stay home into their late 20's because of inflation and the difficulty of getting started. The competition and the need to succeed in a material world based on the fantasies initiated by the media?

What do we want to tell our children? We want our daughters to grow up with a sense of self worth and the capacity to take on their own lives and not make choices based on what is best for their "man". We want our daughters to be strong, educated and happy. Yes, we want them to desire to have families and give us grandchildren, but we do not want them to fall into the same traps that tied and bound us in our 1st marriages.

Our sons, our sons, we want them to be responsible, to be educated, to make their lives with a woman based on equality, respect, love and understanding. We want our sons to grow up and not forget birthdays, anniversaries and participate in all major family events. We want our sons to be organized, family oriented and above all, we as women want desperately for our sons to "get it". To understand what it is like to break a family up and leave the woman behind with all the major responsibilities of raising children to conform to a society that leads us to single parenting.

Society does not give us much at this time because it is like a spoiled adolescent.

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