Famous vs For Real Deal

        There are so many teenagers and young adults having babies.  Whether they are having them by accident, because they think they're in love or they think it's going to keep their significant other.  The young ladies may not know how to care for the child due to no one showing them how to raise one.  Once the child is born and they are released from the hospital, they are own their own.  More recently the number of women trying or seeking the available programs has declined.  This is because the tedious forms, documentation requirements, participation requirements and long processing periods discourage them from trying.  Young ladies with babies and young children may not put them in school for fear of not being able to keep them clean, up to date with activities or feed them.  The system is said to be designed to help them.  Yet, I see young girls homeless with babies.  Also, I see children not in school because the...

    Yes, being a teenager is something different with every generation.  It is also the same in some areas per generation as well.  Parents learn very quickly how to raise a teenager.  The key word is: Challenge.  You knew it would be a challenge as soon as your "sweet baby" turned a teen.  The year 2019 has shown teenagers in a completely new territory.      Social media, video games, music/lyrics, music videos and cable shows take our teens away from the family unit.  The things teenagers are missing would shown them value, education, nature and other important lessons in life.  The ideology of fame and violence has some of our youth in a whole other world.  As I look around and observe people interacting, I'm shocked.  A 10 year old girl, who looked 15 years old and strings for an outfit, would be cursing at her mother.  Grandmothers would be barely walking themselves, while trying to hold on to a screaming...

          Yes that's right!  We learned honesty and respect when walking into the classroom on the first day of kindergarten.  Maybe some are too old, forgetful or refuse to believe we all learned how to be respectful to others (without touching) with our words.  The words used today in songs, social media posts and toward one another have been a cause for division.  This type of division used to be between races only.  Now, it's within the races also.  Why?  More importantly, who is creating this division within each race?  No matter who has started it or how they began it, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND CHANGE IT!  How?  Lets start with RESPECT!  Once we truly have respect for ourselves, we can have it for another.  Easier said than done, huh?  Yet, positive reinforcements, goals, spirituality and healthy living are great starts!  The main objective is consistency.  Self...

        When you see the words: Teens, Drugs and Crime in the same context, what crosses your mind?  Anything alarming, unusual or surprising?  Probably not, but what if I added the word: Manipulation?  Now, what crosses your mind?          Well, consider the average teenager who indulges in the drugs of the new generation.  These would include, but are not limited to Molly, Ecstasy, Heroin, Wax, Loud, Meth and the most common, Syrup (codeine or liquid oxy with soda).  A cocktail of the above listed drugs can alter a teenager's perception instantly and drastically.  Would this mind alteration lead a teen to commit a crime?  Of course it could!  The key word is: Could!  I'll just focus on: yes, a teenager may commit a crime after using a cocktail of the above drugs.  Moving on to the actual crime, could it be violent, victimless, non-violent, just one of the abov...

           Where are the values in media?  I turn on the television to see plumped up, surgically enhanced women with less than mediocre brain cells; men attempting to discover their sexuality and sexual orientation in the most public, degrading and humiliating way; children being abducted, raped, beaten or caught in the cross-fire of their family's ignorance; destruction of landmarks, monuments and historical artistic creativity; all blasted world-wide, nation wide and throughout each country.  We are all watching our world change for the worst right before our eyes.  How?  Through our media.  Ratings have become more important than values.  The more drama, nudity , sex and violence shown to the world means more profit for the television industry.  Who cares what the children of our future learn from television?  I wonder...  Will they learn how to find the perfect surgeon to make them look like w...