I’m not a parent and I won’t ever be a parent.

But if there’s anything I’ve learned growing up - be a role model. My parents weren’t really planners, they didn’t have plans for themselves and moreso, they didn’t have strong ambitions. So, when they had me and my sister, we grew up almost never knowing what we want to do with our lives and not having the tools necessary to get there.

All we know and have done is work jobs that are minimum wage, paycheck to paycheck and just paying to survive another day. I’m fearful for my future every other day because, I don’t know what is ever next for me and what I could achieve that can get me out of the hole I seemingly got myself in. I don’t even know what I want to do next after I’m done with where I’m working now.

So the point of what I’m getting at is, parents, give your children something to look forward to. Give your children a model to live by and give them the support they need when they decide to pick up on something that they want to do. It’s easier for a child to go out and do something when they know their parents did the same things, enough to also raise their children because they care. Far more than just bringing in more lives and not even giving them the blueprints needed for their futures.