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You know what is truly heartbreaking?
The neglect.
Too many children are being forced to carry responsibilities that should never belong to them. Too many are left to fend for themselves while still trying to understand life. Many children are longing for the presence, guidance, and affection of their parents, but instead are being neglected because the adults in their lives are consumed with their own battles, distractions, and pursuit of survival.
Poverty is not only the lack of money or material possessions. Poverty can also exist emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. A child can live in a house filled with things and still feel abandoned.
Our children are crying out for love, attention, guidance, and genuine connection.
Many are carrying burdens at an age when their main focus should be education, growth, and discovering who they are. Instead, they are battling emotional trauma, loneliness, peer pressure, rejection, and adult responsibilities far too early in life.
Parents, your children need your presence more than presents on birthdays and Christmas Day.
Spend quality time with your children. Speak with them. Listen to them. Encourage them. Reward them when they excel. Correct them when they are falling off track. Teach them values, discipline, accountability, and self respect.
The Bible reminds us in Proverbs, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Bend the tree while it is young.
Who are your children becoming?
Are you satisfied with the direction their lives are heading?
Parents, you are responsible for your children. Not the teachers. Not the school. Not Social Welfare. Not the police. Not the church. Not the streets.
You.
While you may not create a child’s mind, you absolutely help shape and mold it.
We are losing our children day after day, and I am pleading with parents to become fully present in their children’s lives again. Check in with them. Ask them how they are doing, and truly listen to the answer.
Some children are not acting out because they are “bad.” Some are simply hurting.
Your child does not need a perfect parent. Your child needs a present one.
One conversation can save a life. One hug can restore confidence. One moment of listening can stop a child from silently breaking inside.
Our children are not asking for luxury. Many are simply asking to feel seen, heard, protected, and loved.
Before society labels them, gangs recruit them, or the streets raise them, reclaim your children.
Be the parent they need while there is still time.
Written by Duel Ross.
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