Power of Dreams

Power of Dreams

Albert Einstein ounce said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge" (www.quotationspage.com) our brains are able to imagine all type of courages things. Chasing our children's dreams with our children can set them up for success, but neglecting or pressuring the dreams can leave them lost for when they get older.

                 One thing that you can do is be “real” with your kids, don't sugar coat the outcomes of failure.  As adults sometimes we forget how we got to the place we are in life and don't want to tell those struggling stories to our kids; we don't want them to struggle like we did (if some of us ever did). 

                Therefore we must nurture all of their crafts and interest; parents must tap into their child’s talents of all kinds.  We are coming to a time where you can be anything with a good support system and having a long life of passion.

  We need to get our children involved in the community, find out what they like whether it's: sports, dance, computers, or music.  This will open up other doors in life and present opportunities. Just because they like dance does not mean they want to have dancing as a profession, this only opens doors and boost confidence. As parents we don't know everything, but your only need is to encourage them and guide through tough times.

  Low income families and single parent homes may have a hard time with doing what is just stated above; having no extracurricular activities, that is not catered to that economic step in society.  Let's face it, some people take care of their kids and some people don't.  There is community information in the local news paper and local colleges in your town.  Taking that extra step in finding tutors and/or trainers to help our children move to the next step;  it gets rough, parents have to make decisions that leave them crying at night on how they will be able to make next month rent or how they will prepare the next meal.  Parents that sacrifice themselves of a meal so they can have enough for their children; that part right there is hard enough already, and so attention on the children begin to drift away because your focused on providing for your family. 

                On the other hand you do have some parents that can afford extracurricular activities, but choose not to.   If you go out to clubs (for my younger parents), buy the latest shoes, have a 500.00 purse or have titanium golf clubs then you can afford for your children to take on anything that would help their growth. 

                 Seeing this go on in the community is tough, we have got to be able to take care of our neighbors.  If we see children struggling eats help them, they are our tomorrow.  They are going to be our next generation of doctors and teachers, so as adults we should be inspired to make that happen.  A report in Washington DC, reports that 1.2 million students drop out each year; what is happening? Why are teachers and parents comfortable with this?  “Wake Up”! Spike Lee would say, we cannot be okay with this problem continued to exist. The national average is on 71%, which is good, but we need to be great.  There are too many children that put that decision on themselves. If these children do dropout, then we need to guide them on getting a GED automatically, there is no difference as long as we get them educated. 

                 Parents, teachers, preachers, community leaders let’s take action going with our children. They want to learn.  Children want to learn what they want to learn, so let's give them the dreams to do so. The bottom line is there is a undeniable bond between parent and child whether they are blood or not.  Children are so special to the world and it's time we start treating them that way. 

                You can do this as parents; you have the will to raise a child.  You have the power.  Our children look up to us no matter how we are, what we look like, unconditional love is what they have and we can't kill it so let our children dream big!