Where are the parents in America...

 So...

I apologize to ALL my loyal readers. I know the masses have waiting on the edges of their seats in anticipation of the next sliver of greatness to seep from my mind into the never ending wonder that is Al Gores' Web (see Milk, Bread Eggs for explanation). I'm sorry I'll stop talking about my genius to get to the topic of the day.

Drug Problems

I can honestly say that I'm tired of hearing about drug problems. I can honestly tell you that I don't think the world will stop turning because the last Oscar winner went to rehab for an addiction to Krispy Kremes (they ARE addicting), or whatever is going on in Hollywood these days.

What really gets me are the childhood stars that fade into nothingness until they die from a drug overdose, or one of their own does likewise. Take for example Corey Haim.

He spent all of his formative young years (10-20) in front of a camera. now here in 2010 he dies from a drug overdose. All too common in people who gain fame at an early age and then struggle in later life to achieve that same level. Why you ask do they struggle? Too EASY!! A few quick answers:

a) They aren't cute any more
b) They were never talented in the first place (see a)
c) Their parents stole all their money and they suffer from PTSD
d) They were introduced to drugs by some "nefarious" character intent on ruining their budding career (see a thru c)

This all comes down to the PARENTS. Where were they for Corey Haim during his problems as a teenager? Where were they after the fact to help him with recovery multiple times? No one is perfect and we all make mistakes,  but when are these people going to realize there was a failure at a crucial moment when his parents let him down?

Allow me to interrupt myself, I know that people do at some point need to be responsible for their own actions. BUT the parents are still responsible in the years I'm talking about.

Needless to say he went on a downward spiral until it ultimately led to his death.


http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/10/corey-haim-dead-drugs-rehab-child-star/

My Drug Problem...

I know right now you're thinking  "he doesn't seem the type", well you'd be right. TECHNICALLY, but please read the following article...

http://www.team-22.org/articles/article_20080200a.pdf

For those of you who didn't read it, it talks about how there was a generation of youth in America that had the problem of being DRUG to all sorts of places by their parents to serve others, to be held responsible for their actions, and to help them become better people. I like to think that I was a part of that. I remember going to peoples houses to clean up yards, cut firewood, put up fences and all other sorts of horrible "forced labor". I was never compensated for my time outside of the fact that looking back I see what my parents were trying to do, and how it really does BUILD CHARACTER. This is a drug problem that NEEDS to be instilled in our youth today. I'm trying to do this with my children, and I'm lucky enough to have children who don't act like I did when drug all over the place.

So to get to the title, where are the parents in America? Are we guiding our children, or are we letting them be influenced by the "nefarious" characters that we know don't have our childrens' best interests at heart? Are we making sure their Drug Problem is the former or the latter?


SO to keep the streak alive...


“A temptation resisted is a true measure of character.” Dustin Hoffman, Papillon 1973


Are you teaching your children TRUE character?