There are children today
who have never heard the word \u201cenough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never heard
\u201cthat is wrong.\u201d
Never heard
\u201capologize.\u201d
Never heard
\u201csit down and listen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only applause.
Only excuses.
Only parents standing in front of consequences
like bodyguards protecting bad behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now the world is confused
why respect is disappearing
like airtime at midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are raising people
who think correction is hatred.
People who hear advice
and call it an attack.
People who cannot survive one disagreement
without turning every room into a war zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But nobody becomes impossible overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A grown man does not wake up one morning
and suddenly hate authority.
A grown woman does not randomly become cruel, rude, selfish, and entitled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those seeds were watered slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At five years old
when they insulted an elder
and everyone laughed because it was \u201ccute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At ten years old
when they screamed in a supermarket
and instead of discipline
they were rewarded with snacks and toys
just to keep them quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At fifteen
when they disrespected teachers
and parents marched into school
not to correct the child
but to fight the teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now the child is twenty-eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every boss is \u201ctoxic.\u201d
Every relationship is \u201ccontrolling.\u201d
Every correction feels like oppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because nobody trained them
to hear the word \u201cno\u201d
without breaking apart emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have confused love
with the fear of upsetting our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Real love corrects.
Real love teaches restraint.
Real love says
\u201cI know you are angry
but you still cannot speak to people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discipline is not hatred.
Discipline is preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the world is not your living room.
Out here
people do not clap for bad manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Out here
jobs are lost over attitude.
Families break over pride.
Friendships die over disrespect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And society is ruthless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A prison cell does not care
that nobody corrected you as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An employer does not care
that your parents defended every mistake you made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world will not lower its standards
because someone raised you without boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is why parenting matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not just feeding children.
Not just dressing them nicely for photos.
Not just paying school fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But teaching character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teaching them
that respect is strength.
That apologizing is maturity.
That accountability is not humiliation.
That emotions are real
but they cannot become weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because a child who never learns discipline
grows into an adult
who blames everybody for the storms
they created themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the scary part is this:
bad behavior does not stay inside one house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It enters workplaces.
Relationships.
Churches.
Roads.
Communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One undisciplined child
can become one destructive adult
and suddenly everybody is paying the price
for lessons that were never taught at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So teach them early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teach them kindness.
Teach them patience.
Teach them consequences.
Teach them that the world owes them nothing
and character still matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because if parents refuse to shape their children
life will shape them instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And life
is a much harsher teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1CvEnjj87J<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Walking Shadow Poetry – Grow from what\u2019s meant to kill you.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n