The incident I witnessed a few weeks ago at the CVS Store in Palo Alto still bothers me today. The young mom yelled at her crying newborn to "shut up." What kind of mom is she? Did she have a terrible childhood? Will her baby have a terrible childhood?
A person is molded by his or her experience growing up. The most impressionable times are the early years. So people need to take parenting seriously. You shouldn't procreate only to raise your child or children in a detrimental or cyclical manner.
Think about the person you are today. Then go back to your own childhood. Did you hate your childhood? Sometimes, people's bad behavior are simply dismissed with, "That's all she knew," which means she must have drawn from her life experience or childhood. I think this is true most of the time. People who abuse their children were abused themselves. It's the only world they know, and the behavior cycles and recycles. Sometimes it results in the extreme criminal behavior of murder.
But the cycle can be broken. I see, hear, and read about that at times, and it's encouraging. It takes time and sheer will to do that, I'm sure. Back in the old days, disciplining your child by yelling at them and hitting them in public was not frowned upon as much as it is today. These days, you will get arrested even if you do so in the privacy of your own home. So the laws are steering toward better parenting and child advocacy.
However, the bad behavior and bad parenting will continue. It's what makes the world go 'round. The world is made up of different walks of life. And it starts in the home. Take parenting seriously. If you are a parent today, think about how you are treating and raising your children. Guide them. Educate them. Maybe you need education yourself. Your world is not the only world. Do your kids a favor and expose them to other worlds. Behave and take parenting seriously!
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