Terence Mapuka/Precious Chigarira
Today one young lady, Precious Chigarira, shares her opinions as a fellow teenager on respect for parents. Take heed! You would like to think of life as being “perfect” when you have friends and a clique you belong to. Your boyfriend or girlfriend is the coolest at school and on the A list. Do you spare a thought about what your parents think of you? Can they testify that indeed our child has it going on? Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification. Rather it is the respect that you give to your parents the most than those that come into our lives and go as they please.

All parents have rules that they make in the belief that their children will follow. The moment you do not, it is great disrespect. Such disrespect of your parents is when you go against their stipulated rules and regulations for self-gratification. In your mind you will be thinking that you are ready to do things on your own.

The moment they put their feet down and you feel belittled you build a wall filled with resentment, irritability, and, perhaps at the extreme, pathological hatred and violence.

Having your own views towards life is understandable, we all have that freedom.

We all have different angles that we view life from, that is not disrespectful, but the moment you say them out loud without thinking properly, as if you are talking to a nine year old, that is disrespectful. Toss your ideas in a problem solving model known as SOCS.

The acronym is for Situation, Options, Consequence, and Solution. You know what your situation is and how it makes you feel, think about your options for solving the problem and what the consequences might be. Pick a solution and execute it.

I assure you that there is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. You never will be the person that you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

If you believe that all the influential people just woke up one day like to be who they are now, you are wrong. It is about being respectful to those that gave birth to you and respecting yourself.

Take heed of their advice, they were here before you. They know what it is like out there.

As an individual respect yourself and your parents because with such a dignified act comes along blessings, as the adage says,“charity begins at home.”

They are moulding a better leader of tomorrow out of you, and what you are thinking about is the latest hair piece and Jordan sneaker that you saw, GET A LIFE! First improve yourself today and then friends tomorrow. Which is the reason why, the ability to discipline yourself, to delay gratification in the short term, in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Terence is with zwTEENS an organisation which deals with teens and issues affecting them. You can reach zwTEENS on 0774599446 tel:07720459209446, WhatsApp 0772128170 tel:07720212208170, [email protected] or visit their website www.zwteens.com

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