Parenting

I think that in 2012 parenting can be done in several different ways. In my opinion parenting should be more focused on how to make your kids happy. I think that when kids are younger parents should be more direct and tell kids what to do because they know what is better and kids have not experienced enough and are not mature enough. As kids grow up though they learn a lot and start to become their own person and know what is best for them, at that point I think that parents should give their kids more rope and let them make their own decisions and learn from them. Everyone will eventually move out from their parents house and be on their own and at that point they will need to have the ability to take care of themselves. If I ever have children though I would do whatever I could to make my kids happy, I would not spoil them but I would still get them what they wanted if they showed me that it would mean a lot to them and make them happy. I wouldn’t set many rules because once they are out on their own there really isn’t any rules except for the laws that everyone has to follow. From past experiences and seeing other people deal with their parents I would definitely not be very strict because in the end that just makes things harder for the parents and for the kids. If kids want to do something then they are going to do it no matter what their parents say, also when parents are so strict it gives more rules for kids to break so in the end it causes more problems. With all the problems and rule breaking it will just make the kids not like their parents. In conclusion I don’t think that parents should let kids just run free and not give them any rules but I feel like if kids are able to make decisions on their own and know what is best for them then that's what they should be allowed to do.

Race Relations Today

To sum up race-relations for any part of the world is not an easy task, especially in a place as diverse as America. But I think diverse is a very good word to help describe it, there are so many different races in America that there has to be a way for all of them to interact. I think that America does a pretty good job of keeping relationships under control though. Of course it is not perfect here and there is still many different cases of races clashing and not living together in perfect harmony but there is not a place on this earth where there is. In my life though I've had many experiences with being around different races, the cause of this is mostly because of my parents and the area and where I grew up in. I have never personally had any issues with another race, I've lived in Ambler my whole life where it is pretty diverse but I have always been able to get along with kids of all races and backgrounds. The heart of race-relations in America is pretty obvious in my mind because of the fact that our president is black. I think that helps sum up the fact that we are a very diverse country and that race-relations are very under control and civilized in our country. The controversies that stick out in my mind is the one with terrorists and how many people have the stereotype that all Middle Eastern looking people are terrorists and that black people are more violent or are looked at as criminals. This makes race-relations in America a little more tense but the majority of the people in the country do not think like that which makes us able to have many different races live among each other.