MAKING HISTORY

We often say to our children "I am so proud of you", but can your children really say the same about you? I challenge you to sit with your kids and talk to them about who they look up to. YOU should be your child's hero and their inspiration. What are your doing to inspire your children? There is nothing wrong with teaching our children about MLK Jr., Booker T. Washington, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, etc etc. It's great to know your past but how about YOU show your children first hand, up close and personal how to become amongst the greatest ever lived. In a world where people are judged either by the color of their skin, their economic background, the zip code they live in, their style of clothing or their sexual preference; how do you teach your child to overcome? Do your children know that just by being born that they have already made history? He or she was another Black child born "technically" free from slavery. In honor of our ancestors that lived in the times of slavery, we should be teaching our children that they can be whatever they want to be by freeing their minds. Pay attention to your children and don't allow their brains to be washed by society's expectations of us. Society expects us to help them control the population of blacks by killing ourselves. They try to put a cap on how far in life we should be able to go. Don't give them that victory. Many of our children are lost due to lack of guidance. It is time to set the bar and teach our children that the sky is their limit. How do we teach them? By showing them. If you are hanging out in the club, what are your teaching your children? If you are a professional welfare recipient, what are your expectations of your children? If you are crack head or alcoholic, don't just roll the dice and pray for a better future for your children, you have to do better and show them. There are many blacks to date making history. Make your child one of them.
True Story: My son came and told me that he chose to present me to his class for Black History Month. He drew the logo for my Radio Show and told his class how I am famous and that I am making history. I knew that I inspired my son but I didn’t know that I inspired him THAT much. I corrected him and told him that I wasn’t famous and he told me that I was to him and that one day I will be to everyone else.
Moral of this story is be someone that your child can be proud of and in return they will be someone that you will be proud of. To expect Greatness, you must first exemplify greatness.