my parenting manifesto is the overall ideaof how one needs to approach the idea of parenting. when two people or even when one person decidesto have a kid, if through adoption or naturally, i believe they are making a covenant an nonviolentcovenant with god that says, i will be this kid's parent forever until i am no longerneeded. when i use to work with street kids, i use to think that when a kid came up tome it was like god tapped me on the shoulder and said you are my designated hitter andyou have that role until you have done all you can do and i find somebody else to playthat role. well, with parenting, there is nobody else, you are it and you are it forthe duration. now, there are times when the parenting like the things that your kids needmight be a little bit more than you can actually
provide. at those time, it is quiet alrightto find out sources and outside people to assist. there might be times if your kid reallymesses up, that they grow up to some sort of detention facility or rehab facility orhopefully at time, your kid is going to go
off to school or be in a job or somethinglike that. even at those times when your role as a parent isn't really needed as much asit was earlier in their life, you are still the parent and when you are called upon beinga parent, you still have that obligation between you and god and your kid to fulfill that role.
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