If you are a parent you must be forewarned.

If you are a parent you must be forewarned. Raising your children or child right is not a guarantee that they will be a good person, kind person or caring person. The world will influence them, their father, mother or even relatives may also have a great influence on them as an adult. There are so many factors that come into play so don't be hard on yourself. As parents most of us do all we can to make sure that we teach our child or children the best we know how and guide them in the right way. But we must realize they have their own personality, own values and free will to guide them along. I have seen and witness so many very good intension by parents to do right by their children but they choose their own path as adults. We must prepare ourselves for this journey that maybe disappointing and in some ways shocking to witness. I have seen much too often children that don't call their parents much or not at all, do not help their parents or won't visit them if they are sick or in need of their help.

It is up to us to plan for this possibility and protect ourselves from this very painful experience. No one wants their child to turn away from them but you have no control over their actions as an adult. We will away love them but we must learn to except their adult behavior and desires. So many times when this happens it causes the parent to shut down, not want to live and to feel very sad. We must not loss our desire to live because of our children's behavior. We must engage in activities that will make us happy, active and eager to see the next day. We must build strong friendships and love our current lives.

When loneliness creeps in then we become depressed and loss our desire to live. We must not go to this place because our senior years are the time to relax, enjoy and find a special kind of happiness. But to get there we must plan for it, don't wait to enjoy you life after the children grow up. Make sure that you do things now! Take trips, build good relationships, develop hobbies and fun activities in your current life so they can be carried over as you age.

We all will experience different emotions as we travel through our life cycle and we must learn about them and plan for them. Please don't allow yourself to become too heavy or gain to much weight because it will effect your health and well being as you age. We must delay poor health as long as possible. Most people don't like being around sick people. So you my end up alone most the time which can be very difficult to deal with. Having a very exciting senior life plan for yourself is so very importing and will allow you to live longer.