In the world of today, we have a tendency to lose track of what is important and what it means to be parents.

Today, I was at the grocery store and as I was about to leave I notice a woman with four children, none of which could have been over the age of five. As the woman was walking to the car, all the kids ran to the car, which was about fifteen feet away. The mother started back towards the store talking to a friend and as she did, one of the children ran back after her, which just happened to be in front of a car. The car spotted her and stopped. The mother started yelling and cursing at the children and telling a couple of them that they should be paying more attention.

This was sad to me as it reminded me how few of parents really understand what it is to be a parent. In today's world, it seems that everyone is always trying to push the responsibility on to someone else. In this instance, it was the mother trying to place the blame for the situation on a child less than five years old simply because "She" was not handling her responsibility and paying attention to what the children were doing in a parking lot. Moreover, attacking them verbally with such hostility was sad.

It seems that parents are wrapped up in their own lives and expecting the children to come along for the ride, instead of realizing that it is their duty to nurture and grow their children.

Be a parent, your children are worth it!