EPISODE 79 "THINGS ABOUT OFFSPRING"

Children: the most important thing a person has. More important than your mate, money, career, hobby, car, and even yourself. But the thing about offspring is they are not simple objects we posses. They are complicated, imperfect beings with a wide range of issues, just like the people that made them! How do you deal with it all? What do you do about discipline? How do yo deal with bad ass kids? Spare the rod spoil the child I say. In this crazy world we can't be with them 24/7 so we teach them to survive best we can. Sadly you can't address the subject of children in the black community without addressing the SINGLE parent since most of our kids don't have both parents in the home. Tough job, how do you maintain? What do you do when the little innocent child hits junior high and gets bombarded with the social pressures of sex and drugs? Do you tell them to abstain, or tell them to protect themselves? What about dealing with the OTHER parent when you are not in a relationship with them. Do you make the effort to have a decent relationship with them, which is in the best interest of the child, or do you let the issues between you two adults get in the way? From what kind of clothes they wear, who they hang with, where they go, what they watch on TV, what they eat and more the decisions WE make as parents will often shape and mold them into the adults they will become, and discussing those important decisions always help. So that's what we will do in this Episode!