by Jai Li

Created on: January 06, 2009

The answer for this one is really simple and I decided to clutch towards the "yes" group for many reasons. Parenting is a task for those only willing to nourish and teach their children the fundamentals of life.

Sure when children reach a certain age society is going to make it well known that they are adults and are required to make adult decisions.

A parent is supposed to train their children the proper way to get threw in life and make wise choices. Even the bible itself has references to this. "If you spoil a child when he young, when he grows up he will never thank anyone".

This is true because the parent has given the child all that he or she has desired and they grow up thinking that everyone around them must do the same.

Now lets say if a parent actually disciplines their child and coaches them with the accurate tools in achieving a peaceful and durable life. The second child would have a better chance at becoming a more respected individual as opposed to the first.

Indeed it is the parent who is supposed to set up the foundation for their children by directing them into the significant ways of life.

When a child grows into an adult they are free to make whatever decisions they choose whether they be right or wrong. If a parent properly instructs a child, even when they are an adult they will still remember the proper tools and make a wiser decision.

If a parent doesn't, the child will become self aware and may fall carelessly into the perils of life.

It's also a known fact that children actually emulate adults in their actions and hold lasting emotions from childhood memories. This holds some impact on how a child acts as an adult.

Witnessing parents in an abusive marriage can trigger lasting impressions in a child's future causing them to solve their problems in a similar way.

I love my father with all my heart but he was never around at all when I was younger and it was really just me and my mother. He left her in high school and was a womanizer so to say.

Honestly, if it was not for my mother enlightening me with the proper tools to handle myself I would have likely went down a similar route as my father.

Just assume if she was not on track herself and not close to God. I believe the chances of me becoming somewhat of a "respectable" person would be a whole lot slimmer.

If a child goes to school and learns his alphabet, will he not be able to latter apply these same tools in learning how to spell? The same applies for a parent guiding their children in the ways of life.

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