Author: MJT
The Ultimate In Bad Parenting Is Methamphetamine Addiction
Have you ever had a “bad parenting” moment?” One of those moments where you wish the
ground would just open up and swallow you as long as it takes the kid,
too? I think we’ve all had our share of
them. There are extreme cases however, beyond simply feeling like a bad parent
because you refused your child a treat or an activity they enjoy. Feeling
guilty does not make a person a bad parent.
Real Bad Parenting – Extreme Cases
* It’s bad parenting to spend all your food money, and leave
the kids to scrounge wherever they can for supper.
* It’s bad parenting to put beer in the baby’s bottle so
she’ll stay quiet during your party.
Meth Addiction
Some children’s parents are addicted to methamphetamines. 1.5 million Americans are addicted to it, and
many of them cook it in makeshift labs in their homes. Meth is highly addictive and may cause
violent behavior. People who are
addicted to methamphetamines lose their inhibitions and their ability to make
judgments. People may have sex in front
of young children and women sometimes engage in sex and offer their children
for sex in return for the drug.
The ingredients used to make methamphetamines are toxic, and
children often live in homes that are being used as labs. They are exposed to the toxic substances and
to the drug.
These people did not decide to be bad parents. They did not set out to exploit or abuse
their children, but they do it anyway.
Methamphetamines are taking a terrible toll in our country, and children
are the victims.
Some of these kids wind up in foster care; in fact, the
number of kids in foster care in Oregon
has doubled in the last couple of years due to the methamphetamine epidemic
there. The foster care system cannot
absorb them all, and often the older children are left to fend for themselves
because there simply isn’t anywhere for them to go.
The ultimate “bad parenting” decision is to abuse your body
or your child in any way. The hard truth, as briefly examined, is often times
horrifying and painful to even read about. We need to understand however, how
this affects the children in our society so that we can begin to help the
healing process begin. When people remain ignorant to these kinds of issues, it
is not possible for communities to stand together and make a change for the
better.
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