When I Was A Child!!!!!

We have heard this day in and day out, "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, and I played as a child, but when I became a man, I put away my childish things.

Or Better yet 1st Corinthians 13:11" When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me."

It is the when I was a child part that I am concerned with right now!

Like when I was a child, I talked and or spoke as a child. I did not speak or cut in on any adults conversation, nor did I lend my input when i was not asked too, & of coarse I did not raise my voice to any adult. Now a days, kids do not understand this. I cannot tell you how many conversations that I have had and or tried to have with other adults, and a kid would lend his/her two cents worth, and a lot of times they do not even know what the conversation is about, and when you ask them nicely to please remove themselves from your conversation they look at you like you are crazy!! I am not saying that they should not speak at all, but just to understand what their place is, that's all.

When I was a child, I thought as a child. These kids today, think they are grown and the adults are the children!! I was listening to a kid the other day talk to his mom and dad, and he was yelling at them and chastising them as if he gave them life, and not the other way around. When I was growing up, if I even look like I was going to raise my voice at any of my elders, I would have been picking myself up off the floor. I am not saying a child should not voice their opinion, but they need to understand when as well as how to do it.

When I was a child, I played as a child. A lot of kids today would rather hang around adults more than hang out and play with other kids. I tell a lot of kids including our own, to take time to be a kid, because those are the times that you wish you can go back to, being care free and enjoying your days not wondering about can I pay my bills, or will I have a good day at work. Enjoy the time that you have to hang out with friends, and fish, swim, play sports, and things like that. Basically enjoy your child hood as much as you can!!

                                Because when you become a man/woman, all the childish things you use to enjoy, you cannot enjoy any more.

I MEAN I'M NOT STUPID, I'M JUST SAYING

Also see Spare The Rod & Spoil The Child!!