Living Like We Are Bulletproof!

As I watch the news, I truly believe that a great portion of our youth have lost all respect for human life.

We have children that are texting while driving and killing individuals.
We have children that are drinking and driving that are killing individuals.
We have children that are shooting randomly in the streets with no regard for anyone.
We have children that are even choking themselves lifeless as a way of getting a feeling of euphoria.

I don't know about you, but I think that there are serious mental health issues within our neighborhoods.

Most people say that "this is about home training" or "where are the parents". When in actuality, theses childern were lost well before they made the evening news.

The antics that they do are not undiscovered issues that have finally surfaced, they are more than likely issues that families have always knew about but never knew how to deal with.

For instance, if a child constantly picks fights, beats up people, or curses you or others out. He does not wake up one day and make a decision to do theses things. He or she has had these tendency for sometime. Parents just chose to ignore it as a part of growing up.

The major problem we are facing now is that children are living wild and wreckless lives; like they are bulletproof. They feel the the right path in life is to be a menace to society and have everyone living in fear of them. Feeling that the only way to gain respect or popularity is to do things that make people talk about them.

The driving texter loves to move smoothly and swiftly across the keyboard at any given time to tell someone something that could wait. Never stopping to think that the last message that they sent could actually be their last.

The drunk driver that had to be the life of the party this weekend. So messed up that they could hardly see the road. Never thought that the last beer that they drank would actually be their last.

The gunman going on a rampage in the streets. Trying to earn street credit by shooting someone from a rival gang or even worse, an innocent child that has dreams and aspirations of future greatness.

Lastly, the children that are obsessed with feeling good. It is strange that they choose this way of life considered that things that feel good should never cause you harm or hurt.

So what will it take to deal with this epidemic? Will it take parents standing up and understanding what is really going on with their children? Will it take random acts of kindness from strangers spreading happiness and showing children that they are truly loved? Or will it take our men of the world to stand up and be the head of the household again. Taking the rightful place in the family of bringing order to the chaos?

Until we find a solution, unfortunately we run the risk of bringing more childern into the frontline of this "bulletproof" kind of lifestyle.

How can we save our children? How can we save our families?

This is not a alderman issue, a White House issue, a mayors issue, nor a governor's issue.

The time has come for us to put on the armor and prepare of battle! Let's take back our children while there is time.

The war we are fighting ends when you begin.

Mary Jane
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