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Originally posted by Professor
I have just had it - - - AA need to take resobsibility for their own community. While we are not normally the big man in charge, we sell drugs to our own folk - many don't want to support kids that we father - mother's won't stop having babies they can't take care of - many of us don't have a value system and the list goes on and on.
I just don't know what to say or do. My brother has six daughters and five babies mothers. However, I can assure you these girls have the best the best - I pay for day care, dance, basketball and a host of other things just tokeep them involved and motivated. I don't know how to change wrongs to rights for everyone but for me, knowing my Brother is not the person he should be, I do all I can for these six girl to ensure the cycle does not continue. And when my Brother has a male child, which I'm sure he will at some point, I will do the same thing. Perhaps we should all try to foster one child at a time to break the cycle for men and AA as a whole.
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Education and development of youth are the key variables. Why are people not taking responsibilty for themselves? No one has taken the time to teach them of it! In order to reduce our prison systems we must invest our monies in young development. Education is the only thing that stops ignorant behavior. Here is a theory. If we taught our children about sex by asking them to ask this question before they have sex....."Can I deal with this person the rest of my life?" Let them know that any person you sleep with is a potential mother or father of your child meaning that you are tied to that person for the rest of your life. Are they truly worthy to be that person.......if all of us took a minute to ask that question many of us would say NO! But we do not think like that we think of the short term gradification of action. Let us teach our children about long term satisfaction and how it outlast short term always.