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Originally Posted by DocIllinois
Its a cycle that continues, isn't it?
The one simple social rule that we all live by: people have needs and thus assign value to the people who meet them.
Living in Section 8 housing, leeching off the taxpayer's dollar, providing a horrible environment for childraising, being impulsive - I doubt society needs these things from any of it's citizens.
Yet these individuals are tolerated, generation after generation, polluting a society that should be dedicated to supporting the lessons instilled by parents who give a damn.  |
And how do we help break this cycle? Are you not a product of your parent's parenting? Many of us here were lucky enough to grow up in a two parent family, and learned how to become responsible adults. Many, like me, had to learn the hard way, many times the VERY hard way. But I always had my parents there to catch me when I fell.
So are these children not just as much a product of their parent or parents parenting? It breaks my heart that little pre-teen girls think the only way they can survive in this life is by getting pregnant.
I have made a vow that when I move back to St Louis, I am not only going to become more involved in the youth group at my church, but become more involved in volunteering in East St Louis. I can not imagine not having a role model to look up to growing up, but that is the life many of these kids face. They don't know any better, because they have never been SHOWN any better. And those of us that complain about this generation after generation bear some of the guilt if we just shake our head an walk away, instead of actually DOING something.