"It takes a village to raise a child"
As a 24-year woman who is looking to one day get married and have children, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about what "family" looks like today and how that relates to raising children in the future. I personally didn't come from the simplest of backgrounds, but I'm beginning to feel like the world is just getting worse.
The concept of having a village to raise a child is awesome, until that village becomes everything you don't want your kid to be.
I'm sure people have been having this sneaking suspicion for years now but when I'm watching Republicans and Democrats fight over health care and budgets, and the thing cut is social services and education. . . I began to worry we are moving towards a different type of society. In Georgia especially, were the state is currently one of the worst in child welfare. Can you believe that? What does that say about what we value as a community?
With war, a steady decline in financial resources, crime, hate, and the other scary things this world has to offer. . . Will it one day be irresponsible to have children at all?
I honestly don't know. I assume that things are going good somewhere and people are happy, but then I have to wonder if we live only for the joys in life. If so, if there is no potential hope for joy are when then left with nothing?
I believe that parents have a responsibility to not only protect the safety of their kids, but to prepare them for the world they have been born into. Parents have a responsibility to give their child a chance to be carefree but also prepare them for the struggles that will come. So I guess my real question would be, am I prepared to raise children that are able to withstand whatever comes their way. Will I be a mother of individuals who can be a bright light in complete darkness?
Still don't know. . . but I do know that the idea of being a parent is a crazily important job, I pray that I'm ready, when and where ever it comes.
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