Hope

The questions is how do we restore hope to so many Children out there who are hurting? It was supposed to get better, right? Why are our children still suffering from the hate we adults have learned? Forget that most of the children who have just ended their lives recently may have been different in some sort of way. Forget that the children who bullied them were taught by their families that they are somehow better than anyone else. Lets remind ourselves that our children are vulnerable human beings learning to deal with new emotions, challenges, and desires. We as a nation are suppose to be providing hope for our children. We as a nation are supposed to be providing a better, safer life for our children. We as individuals are responsible for the lives we bring into this world.

I am not surprised that our children are learning hate. How can you miss it? Our adults spread it everyday. Turn on the TV, our political leaders are acting like bullies right in front of our eyes. Whatever happened to respect for the office of the President. Adults are attacking our president, our leaders and our neighbors everyday with hate and it is disgusting. I don't want to use my vote to encourage leaders who display such adolescent behavior to our children. We can't fix the problem of bullying until we deal directly with the bullies themselves, our parents, our political leaders, our religious leaders. Children aren't born to hate they are taught to hate.

As adults we need to stop pretending we are doing what is best for our children. Freedom of speech should share new ideas and challenge others ideas in a mature, responsible way, not invoke hate. Nothing is accomplished when we attack others beliefs and ideas, all we do is show our children that bullying is acceptable and it is not! As adults, we can handle cruel words, as children they end their lives over cruel words.

As adults, lets do something better. Be a better example, be a better parent, be a better religious leader, be a better human being. By ending hate, we end bullying and we save our children.