Kids and Parents

The speaker discusses the importance of family time and communication with children. He acknowledges the challenges parents face in today's society but encourages them to make time to talk to their kids about life and understand their perspectives. He emphasizes that it is the parents' responsibility to raise their children and guide them through societal influences. The speaker shares his personal experience with addiction and rough upbringing, highlighting the importance of taking responsibility for one's actions. He reassures parents that as long as they give their best effort, they should not blame themselves if their children make questionable choices. He concludes by emphasizing the need to continue caring for and monitoring children even as they become adults. What's up, ladies and gentlemen, it's me, Royce, and you're listening to The Voice of Voice here on Spotify. I'm so glad you guys were able to listen in today, but I'm going to dive right into a conversation that I think we all should have, but we don't have very often. And that's family time. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I understand that society has put us all in a position where we both, as parents, men and women, or even just a single mother or a single father, isn't working two or three jobs. You just can't even pay the rent nowadays. So I understand that, but we do have a moment. We have a moment every single day that we can take the time out of our day to talk to our children. Ladies and gentlemen, our children aren't like we were when we were growing up in the 80s. Although we were allowed to do what we wanted, we ran the streets, we had a good time, at the end of the day, we also had a mother or a father or a grandmother or a grandfather that we could come home to, and they would ask us questions about our day. Now, I know that it seems impossible, and I know a lot of people say to themselves, what can I do to better train my child, to raise my child to be a productive part of society? And I would say that with everybody working and not everyone being able to be at home with their children, I would say that make time out of your day to talk to your kids about life in general. Not just about how their day went, but what do they think about life? Like, what do they see the future? How do they look at other people, other races, other cultures? How do they see bullies? What do they think about bullies? These are questions when you ask and you get that reaction or you get the response from these kids that allows you to understand where your kid is in their mind. And as parents, it's our jobs to deprogram them from the shit that they've heard from the social media, from the news, from the kids at school, from the teachers at school. So it's not society's job to raise your children. It's your job to raise your children. And if they don't become productive members of society, it's not always your fault, as long as you're doing your part. Look, I think we all have been in the situation where we've done everything we could possibly do to raise our children to the best of our abilities. And at the end of the day, they turn out to be, eh, you know, let me explain something. Sometimes when you put in that hard work and you feel like you failed yourself because your children don't turn out the way that you would hope that they did, it's not your fault. Sometimes they just want to rebel and the rebellion turns into something else and then it becomes a habit, almost like an addiction. And then sometimes they do become addicted to something. Hopefully with that great raising and the great teachings that come from home, as myself, they come to a point in their life where they snap back to reality. See, I also was an addict. And I also grew up in a very, very, very rough home. On both sides, mother and father, very, very rough, in a very rough neighborhood at that. And there was a point in my life when I decided that I had to take responsibility for who I was and what I was doing. And I couldn't blame everyone around me for the same things that they were doing. So it goes back to the whole, if your friend jumped off a bridge, would you? No, absolutely not. And I also won't follow along with this person if I know that they're gonna lead me in a path that's gonna get me into trouble. So there was a time that I didn't, but then there was a time that I did pay attention to what the raisings that was given to me. Now this can't be true for everyone, unfortunately. Sometimes life just takes control. And I just want you parents to know, as long as you give your best effort, then that is your best effort. After they hit a certain age, they're no longer, well, you're always gonna worry about your kids. Let's face that. But they're no longer your problem. And I mean that in a really delicate way. I genuinely do. Like I don't, our kids are always going to be on our minds. We're always going to worry about them. But you gotta remember, once they hit adult age and they do adult things, they have to pay adult prices. It hurts us and we hate to see it happen, but it has to. That's the way life goes. So just keep your guys' minds right. Pay attention to your children. Watch what they say. Watch what they do. Watch how they treat other people. And I think everything will be all right. My name's Ned Bush. You guys have been listening to The Voice of Voice here on Spotify. Again, make sure you follow me over on TikTok. More than two million followers. And let's keep the party going. Love ya. Have a great day.