It’s Never Too Late to Be a Better Parent

Are any of you perfect parents? Probably not, right? How many of us have made pretty big mistakes as a parent? I certainly have. But my yesterday doesn’t define my tomorrow, and neither does yours. I recently heard a story about a grandmother who never accepted, spoke to, or acknowledged her grandson…because he was of mixed race. It wasn’t until after the grandmother passed and the grandson graduated from college that the grandfather reached out to him. This grandfather decided that it wasn’t too late to make amends. As parents, we have to remember that too. There are times when our kids don’t want to speak to us. There are times when they feel like they don’t need us, and it’s easy for a parent to say, “well fine…that’s just the way it is.” Well, that’s the way it is if we let it be that way. Our job is to show love, unconditionally, because they DO need us…even if they don’t want to talk to us. If things have been rough in the past, you can always start from where you are to move forward.