I as well as a lot of people I am good friends with seem to all have one saddening thing in common. None of us have much experience with having parents who are good, loving, and supportive. I was talking with a few of my friends the other day and we had the horrifying realization that we all experience this same reaction:
When seeing children or meeting people who have good relationships with parents who love and support and nurture them in the ways a parent should, it is a shock to us. Because of our experiences and the experiences of people we know, the idea that there are good parents in the world seems almost mythical. "A kind, caring parent that is supportive of me and loves me unconditionally and doesn't treat me terribly? Must be a myth," we say.
There are so many people out there who have been treated so terribly by the people they were supposed to be able to trust and depend upon the most. I have maybe 2 or 3 friends who have good parents. The rest of the people I know and care about do not.
Isn't that a horrifying realization to have?
I don't understand why there has to be so many bad parents in the world; how so many people are okay with treating their children wrongly.
Thank goodness we have a loving Father in Heaven. The only thing that could make my relationship with Him any better is to be able to physically be with him.
When seeing children or meeting people who have good relationships with parents who love and support and nurture them in the ways a parent should, it is a shock to us. Because of our experiences and the experiences of people we know, the idea that there are good parents in the world seems almost mythical. "A kind, caring parent that is supportive of me and loves me unconditionally and doesn't treat me terribly? Must be a myth," we say.
There are so many people out there who have been treated so terribly by the people they were supposed to be able to trust and depend upon the most. I have maybe 2 or 3 friends who have good parents. The rest of the people I know and care about do not.
Isn't that a horrifying realization to have?
I don't understand why there has to be so many bad parents in the world; how so many people are okay with treating their children wrongly.Thank goodness we have a loving Father in Heaven. The only thing that could make my relationship with Him any better is to be able to physically be with him.
