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To deny people their human rights is to challenge
their very humanity. Nelson Mandela
their very humanity. Nelson Mandela
As parents we deal with impatient children, lines, deadlines and trying to motivate our children to move in the direction we choose....when we choose it. Teenagers seem to have their own mind set, their own agenda and their own speed. If we want them to accomplish something around the house or to do something at a specific moment in time...they move like turtles and usually while not making eye contact. When it is their turn, when they need us to do something for them? It takes US forever. Driving through rush hour traffic to pick them up from practice, takes forever. Getting ourselves ready, dinner for the rest of the family and out the door to deliver your teen to the movies takes forever. But how long IS forever? For a teenage it is hard for them to see past the months calender. it is hard for them to chart a direct course to the end of the school year. It is hard to imagine that the day they graduate and go to college will ever REALLY come. Their immaturity and inexperience keeps them from evaluating time and space in a reasonable manner. It keeps them from being able to discern what is urgent and what really doesn't have to happen this very minute. The adolescent choices that we empower them with can seem larger than life to them and they don't always make good decisions. That is why we allow them to make minor decisions under our supervision. They can make a wrong choice and we can help them get back on track and make better choices in the future. Sometimes......Sometimes it costs them more than we can imagine.....more than WE can envision. SOMETIMES IT COSTS THEM UNTIL FOREVER!......THE REST OF THEIR LIFE?......IN PRISON?
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