would you actually give up on your child, who is into drugs and drinking?
a parent asked me this question and i was only able to say, never.
but i also know that this high school student is very close to overdosing and hurting own life.
for parenting, does it cross your mind ever that teen age children could be your ultimate challenging time in all your life?
does logic and philosophy sink in the minds of your teenagers easily from an unrelated person?
do some literally have to touch death and then realise that they have been off track?
share your ideal parenting thoughts on this dilemma?
best,
Dushwari
It is very important that you dont give up on a loved one especially your own child. You might never know what might turn the tide. I have seen people repenting for their actions very late. This turnaround could have been done by the minutest of gestures. I had a close friend of mine who was very heavily into drugs and prostitution. His parents had no clue about what was happening. He was staying in a hostel. We used to continously prod him to give up his evil ways. One fine day he decided that he wanted to get out of it since a friend of his told him that he would give up smoking if he mended his evil ways...
so ideally it is that people mean that to never ever give up on their child?
yet, sometimes, people have to. or must in order to stay with their principles?
especially when the child is unethical or in the wrong.
that is wat good parents do. i know from my counseling work with youth that the community is giving up on youth because youth too are partly making a lot of mistakes.
and parents read into the issues in a very stringent manner.
the context is teenagers and their experimentations with life.
i have seen Moms wishing they did not have that particualr child who put them through so much.
why is this happening? and what is the solution to it?