Parents Teach Your Children

When reflecting on Charlotte Temple and relating it to modern day times, I think that we see this a lot today. For example, there is always that kid that growing up their parents are really uptight and shelter their children as much as they can to think that they are protecting them, but as soon as they can they rebel in as many ways as possible. I am not saying that this happens all the time but we do see it a lot.

I can see how it must be difficult for parents to raise their children especially in today's society. I think it is a tough position to find balance between discipline and trying to teach kids between right and wrong without trying to deprive children of feeling like they can still make their own choices.

I think it is just importance to find balance because if we look a lot of television stars and how they have barely any limitations on anything they are exposed to so much at such a young age. For example, a much talked about issue recently is Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy. We can see that her sister was also exposed to so much at a young age that eventually led to her breaking down in front of national television. Through a lot of this we don't see much parental protection through these situations.

On the other side of things, I have some friends who all through high school their parents held them on a tight leash for so long that as soon as they got to college they went crazy. So like I said, I think it is all about a balance and it is important that parents show their children the right amount of attention and love. As far as protecting children from a "treacherous heart," the best thing parents can do is hope for the best and caution their children and be firm in disciplining but through love. Also that parents not be push-overs to others or their kids and that they teach their children to have a strong voice of opinion and not be afraid to stand up for themselves because we see what happened to Charlotte by never really making decisions.