Worried about the future of your children?
By deserve40
@deserve40 (1656)
India
January 24, 2009 8:39am CST
Every time we think about our children, we have some fear about the future of our children. It may be about their career, education, health or even something else. Although we know that many times the situation goes out of our control and we cannot do anything except worrying about the future of the children but we do keep worrying.
Which are the worst things about which you are worried for your children?
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4 responses
@3Dlace (339)
• United States
24 Jan 09
My worry is about my child's morals and values in life. Her friends are raised differently so she picks up habits and attitudes from them which have me concerned. Then there are the new cartoons which show poor family values and morals (such cartoons are Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, etc...) and she picks up on those things too. I do correct her and I have bought several cartoons which give her a sense of good morals and values but the way of the world today keeps leading down a fatal road to no morals and absolutely no value for life itself.
@deserve40 (1656)
• India
25 Jan 09
Only the parents can teach morals to the children but I feel like agreeing with you that the friendship of our children also play important role in building their moral values. We have to send our children out for so many things, especially for education and there they meet children of different families. Children's minds are like plain pages, whatever is written there it remains there for long long time. They remain there with their friends for longer time than we remain with them. So naturally the effect of their friends' behaviour will be there on the minds of our children.
I feel that the only way to change the children is to keep telling them what is good and what is not good. You are doing right thing by giving your children what she should watch, so let us hope that at some point of time, she gets interested in better things.
Have a nice time.
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
24 Jan 09
I am not worried about my children. i just do what needs to be done and I tell them to do the same thing. i believe everything works out in the end. Cheers!!
@deserve40 (1656)
• India
25 Jan 09
As long as you are able to do what you should do for your children and your children also do what they are required to do, you may not worry about their future. However, the world is complex and the things are changing rapidly so it is full of uncertainities. Many parents are not able to spare time for their children and many times children are not in control of the parents. So there are many parents who have to keep worrying about their children.
Moreover, it is the love of parents that makes them worried about their children. Perhaps the uncertainities are not affecting you too much and so it is good for you. May you and your children enjoy the life to the fullest....!
@Soniasony (1827)
• India
24 Jan 09
I donot have my own children..But I am very much worried about my nephew..as he is very troublesome and menace.. I am worried all people out there in the world cannot excuse him like we do.. I am just hoping for a miracle to change his behaviour with my sister..Lets hope he gets better in future..
@deserve40 (1656)
• India
24 Jan 09
Some children are like that only. Not the miracle but little more care and little more consideration to what he needs or what he wants may be helpful in bringing some change in him. You are right that not everybody is going to excuse him all the times just as you do. However, it is not necessary to excuse him all the times. Thant will make is worse. So better to find out some way to change him. It will be difficult to control when he grows up and he himself will not be able to change his behaviour as it will have become his habit then.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
27 Jan 09
Hi deserve,
I think each and every parent more or less worried about their kids. Only a small percentage of parents don’t have worries. I worried about my elder son who is studying in second standard. He is showing interest in playing all the time and doesn’t have any interest in his studies. He is holding a toy car even he goes to sleep. He studies only if I sit with him. I am busy most of the time with small kid, house hold works and office works. So I can’t spend time for him everyday so I asked him to study this or that but he keeps asking me to sit with him. I don’t know when he will realize the importance of study.
