by Diane Majett

Created on: February 16, 2007   Last Updated: May 03, 2007

Its funny to say because when it comes to my own sons choices I have everything to do with it, but I can see where it should realy not be the parents business. First timers lets say, its ok to disagree. Even though we wil forever feel and rightfully so some way, because we want the best (usually) for our children in any relationship at any age.

I guess it all boils down to how much of an impact it has and why. If it has an impact on lets say a male teen who has a baby on the way. And the mother don't like his significant other. While the parent has a right over her child because of its age, she is a little late in the game to decide how much she doesn't agree with the girlfriend. That was me when I had my son. I was nineteen and his mother didn't encourage him to be daddy enough. So I got the impression that she didn't care for me, I guess cause I didn't break my neck to come to see her, but that destroyed my son and his dads relationship. Alot of things played a factor but her power of persuasion could have helped her son cause we doin better without his untammed self anyway.

So on one hand you have the parent who doesn't care enough who ruins the grands, then the ones who don't for other reasons. I guess because I am a parent that I hope my child takes my advice because I am a good parent, and I would hope that he realized that a choice is something you have to make very gingerly. With the wisdome to take the risk, but to find out all you need to know about the person and very act of getting involved with life changing decisions. Everyone who loves you INCLUDING your parents, will always give you an opinion and its up to you to trust their decision, or to trust your own gut. Pray the experience does nothing less than teach you.

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