Babysitting

Babysitting

So, I’m chatting with a friend when I ask what she is currently doing. She tells me she is babysitting. Babysitting? I’m puzzled by this reply. I ask “who you babysitting?” and to my amusement she is babysitting her kids. This raised a question in me.

How are you babysitting your own children??? Is it not parenting when you are taking care of your own kids???

We have become selfish as human beings to the extent that we no longer even identify with our own God given responsibilities. We neglect that which has been given to us by God to nature. I am also guilty of this where I find myself passing on my responsibility of parenting to the nanny and school.

I think as young parents we need to start to have a look at ourselves and of how we are preparing the future leaders of our country, the future economists. What is it that we are investing in them precious little beings.

To this I say, we need to acknowledge parenting. When spending time with your kids you are not babysitting. You are parenting. Take pride in that for you are molding, nurturing the future. Let’s be more attentive of what we are giving back to the world out there.