I need to address something that's concerned me for awhile. It's a two part rant. So let's get started.

First of all, your parents love you. It really should go without saying, but occasionally we all need to be reminded. There are very, very few exceptions to that rule. Most likely, you are not an exception.

Now then when you're parents restrict you from doing something, they do it because they love you. They don't do it because they hate you. They don't do it because they enjoy punishing you. They don't do it out of spite or malice or whatever. They do it out of love. So when they say they don't want you staying out past ten or swearing or not doing certain activities or visiting certain cites or you fill in the blank, they do it out of love. You should be more than willing to obey them just on that basis alone.

Unfortunately that reason does not satisfy most kids these days, so I must use a different argument. Your parents tell you what to and what not to do because they are wise. Your parents have been around the block a few times, so they have a fairly good grasp on how things work in this world. Better than you do anyway. So when they tell you what to do, they essentially know what they're talking about. Seriously, clean out your ears and listen for once. You're better off for it.

Now before you run off and hit reply and tell me that you agree and all that, stop and remind yourself that this is a two part rant. I'm not finished.

Now then, I don't want to see any "I agwee" stuff in my the comments for this entry. None. I don't want to hear it because I know you don't practice it. I lost track how many times I've heard "My Mom/Dad hates me blah blah blah they don't let me have fun blah blah blah I can't wait til I go off to college blah blah blah blah." It enrages me to no end and I have the intense urge to punch the person. And trust me, that's quite an acomplishment in and of itself.

Now before somebody plays the hypocrite card and brings up some of the things I've said about my parents, don't. I was wrong, and I regret that I said them. Furthermore, I don't claim to not be apart of the problem either. If anything, I am the problem. I condemn that which I am. I condemn that which you are. I condemn that which we will be.

That is all.