Dear Dads: Save Your Sons BY: Christopher N. Bacorn

Dear Dads is a great article that explains how today's youth (mostly males) are growing up without any kind of a male figures in their lives. A man who was counciling a troubled teen who was involved in gang activity and alcohol usage could easily discern the mother of teen and the hardship and suffering she is enduring due to her sons malicious demeanor. As he the mother was speaking to the counselor, the counselors shrewdness led him to think that the boy had no male authority in his life. The mother said she had no males figures around for her son to look up to. After the counselor had finished the session he felt much remorse and sympathy for the single parent mother and hostile towards the fact that the reason for troubled youth is a fatherless nation. He began to explain that American dads have a great effect on the child by not being in their lives. Then he began to say how the mom's are playing both roles as mom and dad. Women are trying to hold up both ends of the bargain while the males are every where to be found expect in the presence of their childern. He later explained the real men of America. These men are the support system at home, in shcools,at the soccer games, in youth programs,etc. These mens children are more likely to have a promising future than one who is fatherless.After he finally concluded if the all men were to stand up and take responsiblility instead of being sperm donors then a nation full of troubled and hostiled youth would not be occuring. What this man is saying is relatively  true  to me. I grew up as a fatherless child. It is unfortunate not to have a male athourity to admire. My mom tried to take on both roles as being the female and the male. Supporting me and  my four brothers the best way she knew how. She did a great job, but the role of a masculant being she lacked. My mom could not show us what a man could show us. I do not know how fix a tire, a car, I am not handy at alll. No knowledge of how to read a football play but i box. These are things my dad is suppose to teach me. So trying to learn these things on my own is challenging. I can not stand it when my mom or any wonen when they tell me to learn how to be a man. If only the male figures were there then it would not be a task. In order for me not to fall in the hands of being a troubled youth which i was for a moment i had to find favor in something other than streets and so cal friends who were just like me a fatherless teen. So i came to a buliding located in the heart of Central Falls not too far from where i lived. It was a small church. The first day i walked i felt welcomed and felt the presence of  love in the atmoshpere. I fell in love with the man they call Jesus. Ever since then i never stopped attending this church. It has kept my mind on a straight and narrow path. Without the love of god in my life i think i would not be here writhing this to you. Some people find favor in other things but i found mine in the lord, the only man who cares. Some people think it's lame or unusual for a young guy to be serving god but it's the best deicison i've ever made. People don't understand that it is a cycle. If a teen grows up deprived of their parents then they too will make children and abandon them for whatever reason and the cycle just keeps on flowing. When i see kids today they are some of the most spoiled and self-centered children i've ever seen. Some youth do have both parents in their lives but they're not enforcing enough discipline. So therefore you are creatiang monsters. Kid's today are being rewarded just for being attractive. I've carefully examined some parents who have one attractive child and one not so attractive. The two are treated totally different. The one who is not so attractive will have work for what they want and the beauty of the bunch is crowned with whatever he or she desires. Unfortunately the beauty will turn into the beast  you was not expecting but the other child the one who had no crown on their head will be your joy. I did not mean  to go off topic but what i'm sayingis that parenting is all wrong today. I am assuming that these parent's have to be youth themselves or they just don't care about their children. Youth today need a saviour and need it now.

hungry

Right at this moment there is  an 10.0 earthquake rumbling my stomach as i speak. Eating is one of my favortie hobbies because in order to live you must eat.althogh there are people in the world who die of severe starvation everyday beacuse the scoure of  food is scarce due to lack of money or whatever the case may be people die from hunger each day. Right here in the wealthiest country on the planet people of starved because they don't edible substances to give them strenght throughout the day. If this is the wealthiest country on the planet then why are there hungry people? someone needs to answer that question. A great way to please somebody is not expensive gifts and items. Those things will only give us so much satisfaction but an nice hot meal would melt the most coldest persons heart. Us here in America have the options of different resturaunts and grocrie stores to eat or shop at. We can eat whenever we desire, and not too mention the biggest part WE CAN WASIT FOOD! There are people in India ,and Africa who don't have the luxries of eating at a nice five star restaurant not even BurgerKing or Mc Donald's. If a person in who lives in Beverly Hills who has parents that are famous sergents say they are famished they are just joking. They would not know the meaning of famished if it hit them on the head. People who live in third world countries would know what a famine is. So if you have the privelage of a hot meal to consume everyday do not take for granted. Just think of who shoe's you could be filling tommorrow and who will be in yours. So grately appreciate what you have. If you don't know what it's like to be hungry then just ask the guy pushing a grocery cart full of trash down the street. While your at it but a meal he'll tell you all about it.