Grow Up!!!!

"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put childish ways behind me." -- ICorinthians 13:11

Have you ever watched Dr. Phil, or Keith Ablow or any of those TV "Mr. Fix-it's"? I have, a few times, though not within the last couple of years. They made me want to claw at the TV, gnash my teeth, and scream at their whining guests, "Oh, for Pete's sake, GROW UP!!!!"

It is so sad to watch a family falling apart, in any circumstance. But, to me, the saddest of all are those families made up of nothing but children. There is a father, a mother, and any number of youngsters; but the ones who are supposed to be responsible, in control, and mature have given all that up in the name of anger, spite, and coming out on top. As the real children watch, helpless, afraid, and guilt-ridden, the "adults" wage war over everything in the home. Money, house, car, sex, friends, family, and (usually last) the kids are all lines drawn on the battlemap, and the one who walks away with the most, wins. Or so they say.


Some of these family affairs get downright trashy. I'll stop there, you know what I mean. With both parents claiming they "only want the best for the children", the children suffer most. Watching the two people whom they trust for their safety and survival destroy their lives and each other tears at their hearts. The Big Kids don't really care, as long as one can hold the other responsible for all of it. The Little Ones, if they could express it, know the truth; but they are very seldom heard. They are neglected to the point of abuse as the whining brats they call "Mom and Dad" slug it out, hurling accusations, insults and blame at each other, and showing to all the world the very worst in themselves.

I'm praying right now for a family in crisis. I, like everyone else watching, have my own opinions about the situation. Most of all, I am concerned for the children. Neither parent seems to be really thinking of them. Might and right seem to be all that matter to this pair of spoiled children. How sad. How deeply, terribly sad.