An Open Letter to Parents (not my own)

Dear Parents,

I do appreciate everything you have done for me. I know raising a child is not easy but you have to realize that there will be a time were we will have to leave you guys. Don't make that harder for yourself, leaving does not mean forgetting you- it means becoming an independent person. I know it is a hard concept to understand but you did it to your parents and it is only natural we will do it to you too. This doesn't mean we don't love you, this doesn't mean we will forget about you, it only means we need to do our own thing for a while.

I also understand that you might not always agree with what we have done, but you always say "Learn from your mistakes" so why don't you relax and let me make those mistakes? You can't shield us from everything, it doesn't help anyone. Sometimes we might make you think that we don't appreciate you or don't love you but that isn't true. There are a lot of reasons we might act that way but the two major ones are a) we don't really know how to express it or b) you just caught us in a bad time. So don't take it to heart when we aren't the doting children everyone seems to have.

That brings me to my next note...take time off your schedules to spend time with us. Believe it or not we do enjoy spending time with you guys, it makes us feel like we do matter in your busy times. Show us affection  if you get upset when we don't show affection towards you imagine how it makes us feel? Ask us how our life is, how our day went, what we want, if we want to go out with you, or just make conversation. Especially once we get older, when we become less dependent on you, I figured we would all appreciate the bond and relationship not weakening because honestly we all need each other.

Sincerely,

Your Child.

Civics

What is civics? Civics is the study of or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

There is civic responsibility which are things we should do but are not required to do such as helping people in need, not loitering, and being respectful to others. Civic duties are things people have to do for their country such a voting and obeying laws. Both are things to make life for yourself and others better and more efficient.

Civics overall is the respect that everyone, not matter where they are from or where they live, should know and follow. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people do not respect others while they are talking. This includes interrupting someone who is speaking, ignoring a person who is speaking, or being loud and disruptive while someone is speaking. This means that the civic responsibility that I see to be most important is to listen and respect people while they are speaking. You might disagree with them, or they may be saying the stupidest thing you have ever heard but you should not rude enough to start talking while they are halfway through their thoughts.

So do not interrupt someone else while they speak, it is rude and disrespectful. And it just creates a mess. Wait for people to finish their thoughts before starting your own. No one likes to be cut off halfway through a sentence, so why do you do it to others?