Parenting and Education - Teachers

Have often have you heard or you have said, “I raised my children by myself” or “We raised our children by myself.” Same old, yada, yada, yada! Liar, liar, pants on fire! No, you did not! Who do you think you are fooling? If you buy into that statement of a parent raising their children by themselves, then who is the bigger fool? You the person that believes it or you the person that said it?

Let us be smart and analyze the situation? Everything that happens is a child’s life is educational.

Did you take your child to the doctor? Was it you that weighed them in? Was it you who personally paid cash or barter for the services? Did you personally give that child those vaccines? Did you personally draw blood and take it to the lab for you to test? Did you personally make the medicine that your child is taking?

Answer: NO, YOU DID NOT. Teachers taught them.

                Involved was a: Doctor, nurse, laboratory technician, receptionist, the pharmacist, and the clerk that you came into contact with on that one single doctor’s appointment. Who exactly did you not come into contact with on that single appointment because they were out of your visual perception or thought?

The teachers who taught the doctor, nurse, the lab technicians, receptionist, pharmacists, and the clerks, you didn’t see them did you?  

The contactors including the employee and material manufacturers who build the doctor’s office or the pharmacy or the furniture you sat on while at the doctor’s office, were they at the doctors that day?

The shoe and clothing manufacturer and the material mill workers who clothed everyone around you, including you and your child(children), and made fabric for the furniture you sat on, did you see them?

The day care workers, teachers, or the spouses who were keeping the children (if need be) of the doctor, nurse, receptionist, lab technician, the pharmacist, or clerk you came into contact with, where were they?

What about the doctor’s office manager, payroll clerk, insurance clerk, file clerk or cleaning crew that you didn’t see that day?

                What about the manager of the drug store where your prescription was filled?

                Did you see the person who made your car, engine, and wheels so you could drive it?

What about the person who drill the oil, the manufacturer of the oil that turns it into gasoline, the truck driver that delivers the gasoline, the store manager who checks the levels of gasoline on a daily basis, the clerk you pay money to for the gas? Did you see all of them on this single visit?

What about the boss who allowed you to take off work, without giving you a hard time, to take your child to the doctor?

What about the government employees who ensure you have a family leave day or a to take your child to the doctor?

What about the teacher at your school who marked your child absent and will have to specially administer make up homework or a test that your child missed?

What about the absentee officer, the principal, the school district’s financial officer, school’s Fiscal officer who handle the reports to the state to receive funding for the next year because your child was absent from school on that day?

What about the agent with the department of education who funnels funds to the state, and then onto the districts so that your child does have a school they can attend?

What about the banker, teller, or ATM technician who keeps your money or makes it readily available to you?  

They are all teachers who have been taught...and will continue to teach…vicious cycle.

I have mention more than 1,000+ plus people that have helped raise your child. I didn’t include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, and coaches that help raise your child.  Least we not forget the grocery store clerks, managers, employees where we shop or the chef, wait person and cashier at the restaurant or fast food outlet, and / or the cleaning person who cleans up after you have left any premises involved. I also didn’t include the road contractors, plumbers, electricians, and so on that make it possible to drive your car, see at night, and flush your toilet.

We are all interdependent. There is not one person among us that can lay claim that they raised their children alone. Unless you have done all this by yourself – singularly—there will always be two of more people helping you raise your child. Children observe and learn.

SOMEONE HAD TO TEACH ALL THESE PEOPLE HOW TO DO WHAT THEY DO…RIGHT

Knowing how hard it is now to raise children and realizing that we are all teachers, why do we FAIL to put more money into formal education to further the advancement of our children? Why do we FAIL to support professional teachers more to make sure that corn crop is the sweetest and best to work with our most precious investments, children?

The voucher system is giving too many options when we have a system that needs to be worked on, not scrapped or given an alternative to lose funding. States are not equal in the education? Why? Why is “A” state doing better than “B” state? Why is “B” district doing better than “C” district in that state? These questions need to be answered. In the same token, charter schools don’t always work, Christian schools are not always accredited, private schools are not always the best solution for anyone.  There is no game plan on what to do at this time, federally or on the state levels. Why?  EDUCATIONAL RED TAPE! It is messed up in a sea of red tape.

In my lifetime, I have seen very few private schools, one (1) maybe two (2) charter schools that work, and two Christian based schools that I would love to see expand.  The ones I support have their accreditations.

There is a lot that we parent’s need to be up in arms about. My children are grown but I still want to see an investment in the future for my grandchildren—the two born to my daughter and son-in-law and the future ones if any that might son and future daughter-in-law might have.

SPECIAL NOTES

***If you see my grammar wrong or a misspelled word, feel free to teach me correctly.  Well, I am not perfect! I did spellcheck and proof read.  (LOL) 

As a parent, are you concerned about the soul of your child or children? Parents (or use to) had a hard time talking to the children about sex. What is even worse, they had a hard time talking to their children about their souls. Telling to abstain on sex, doesn't always work and neither does talking to them about their soul, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to broach the conversation. God does not guarantee anyone tomorrow. Talk to your children today. 

Verses to think about on the topic of immigration--legal or illegal. 

“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."  (Leviticus 19.33-34)

"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." (Hebrews 13.2)