"Enjoy life, don't grow up too quickly". My mother gave me this advice as I was about to tell her I was becoming a father at 19 years old. As a child and as a teen my parents gave me a lot of freedom. I was taught that my decisions would affect me more than anyone else. I took this advice for granted and never understood what it meant until I lived it. I don't regret anything but my decisions could have been better.
Growing up and seeing so many teen parents around me I would always think I would never have kids at a young age. Life, however, had different plans for me which were my two beautiful daugthers. I feel I love with the mother of my girls when I was 18. After a year of being together we have a mutual decision of having a baby. She was 17 years old and yet she had to grow up and mature as soon as the words "I'm pregnant" came out of her mouth. Hearing this bright much joy into my life but I realized I had nothing to provide for my child. That's when I had to grow up.
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I thought it was simple but not being able to provide financially for a baby you brought into this world makes you feel worthless. I started working from when the sun came up to when it came down but I never felt as if it was enough.
I have no regrets about having my girls but looking back, the smarter decision would have been to be stable and then have them. They're my greatest motivation for me to strive for success. I never want them to expire the feeling wanting something but knowing I can't afford it.
My parents had me when they were teens and I thank them for all they did for me and what they still do. They made ends meet no metter what. As a child, I have everything I needed. They gave me everything they could give me but I could always see the heartbreak in their eyes when I would ask for something and they couldn't afford it and they had to tell me no. I never want my girls to ever have to expirience that
wife is expecting our second child. I hope one day to see my children grow up
1. Why did you decide to have children? My first pregnancy was not a planned pregnancy but I do not regret having my son, my second pregnancy was planned I wanted a daughter to go along with my son and my third was a surprise.
...My parents have taught me to not be judgmental and to accept people how they are whether I like them or not. They have taught me to be optimistic and to enjoy everyday to the fullest and if you talk to my friends I am sure they would agree that I do that.
I never dreamed of having a child at such a young are. In fact, in high school I was the typical student. I maintained good grades, stayed on the honor roll, participated in extracurricular activities, and even volunteered at local hospitals. Outside of school my friends I were always doing something after the football games or just hanging on Saturday nights, being typical teens. Soon all of that would come to an end. Little did I know for the next few months to come, I would be home to what could be our future president or the person that would make history for finding the cure for cancer. The scariest thing is, I would be forever responsible for a new life, as if trying to be responsible for my own was not enough.
Happiness is the main focus in life and should always be held most high according to Aristotle. He spends a great deal of time explaining how to achieve this we will see that, Aristotle was sure a genuinely happy life required a combination of many things. Which included physical and mental health? Bringing about a scientific way to look at happiness in its entirety.
Life is short, and also very precious to forget so value it to the fullest. Take every opportunity you have that will benefit you and even sometimes others. To me just do what you love no matter what anybody says. Life is about believing yourself if you don’t believe yourself then you will never get anywhere. Take life seriously, don’t mess around because one day it will come back on you and it will tear you apart. This is well illustrated by the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Roger Ebert, by Chris Jones, The Lady with the Dog, by Anton Chekhov, What Is the Value of a Human Life? By Kenneth Feinberg, and lastly but not least, you’ve got to find what you love; Jobs says, by Steve Jobs.
Like many other women, I was raised in a family that repetitively told me that I needed to finish school before thinking about getting married, and definitely before having kids. This made sense when I became an adult, why not put all my focus into my schooling. Yet, for me that would mean that I would be in my early thirties when I finished school. This has become the norm for women to marry and have children in there 30s, then in years past, where they were in their early to mid-twenties. After completing my first bachelor’s degree, I got engaged; I was in a perfect place, and I was not going to hold off just so I could finish school. Now that I have been married for two years, successfully working and going to school, starting a family is important to me. If I were to follow what my parents told me, from this day, I would still have to wait 4-5 more years to finish school, and then start that family. Even though having kids in college could keep your from completing a degree, you should have children in college because delaying childbearing could affect fertility and the likelihood of pregnancy complications.
I have always dreamed of having children someday. I have never questioned not having kids. Having children creates an unbreakable bond between husband and wife. I want to be able to experience being a parent and having a family because I know I will be a great mother someday. I plan on having about three children with at least one boy and at least one girl. There is many reasons why I have decided to have children someday.
As one ponders on how to live a good life, many ideas come to mind. Whether this may be wealth, family, or beauty, the early philosopher’s theories need to be taken into consideration. Those early philosophers include Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and The Epicureans. These four committed their lives towards bettering life, and are the basis of most philosophical theories. It is evident that these four need to be read, understood, and discussed to better understand one’s life. They always pondered on the thought of how to have a perfect life and society. When one makes their own theory, based upon these early philosophers, not only do they need to establish a strong belief system, it is required to practice this too. Plato had the most basic of theories, being that only virtue was needed in life to be happy and nothing else. For Aristotle, he used Plato’s foundation and added that external goods, such as wealth, respect, friends, and beauty were all necessary. Without one of these, Aristotle believes that one cannot live a happy life. For the Stoics, they settled on a balanced approached between virtue and external goods, saying that virtue is necessary, yet external goods are preferred too. The Epicureans largely argue the Stoics view, and present that pleasure (tranquility) is the goal of every life, but virtues and friends are required for this. Each theory has many critics, even with Aristotle being a critic of his own theory. None seems perfect, yet all fit today’s modern society. I found that I agree with the Stoics theory the most, and find that any external good is fine as long as virtue is the basis of that person’s life.
These lessons and traits I have taught myself, have helped me become a better person with a dependable future. Forgive all who wrong you, love your family and friends, but love your enemies more. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Remember that obtaining perfection is impossible in your life on earth and remember that you show who you are through your actions, not what you look like. Be grateful of your current state; you are alive and can change the world and all who inhabit it through your actions and words. Help, give, and pray for the less fortunate. “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”-Jesus Christ.
As someone who is semi-spoiled and is able to get mostly what I want and need, I feel it is imperative that I show my parents that I appreciate all that they can and try to do for me. I am grateful for being taken care of and I believe it is selfish to not want to give parents anything in return. When I am asked the question "What do grown children owe their parents?" my response is everything under the sun for all the love, care, and support I have received from my parents. Although answers may differ from person to person depending on how much of a relationship they have with their parents, in the end your parents gave you life and that is the biggest gift anyone can receive. The experience to live even if your life has not been of "high-quality" is an experience I love and continue to love, in which I have my parents to thank.
Starting a family was very interesting because we were married for seven years before we had any children. For awhile we thought we weren’t going to have kids, but then we did. Within three years we went from having zero kids to three, this was from 1979 to 1981. Betty and I were used to it just being the two of us and doing things and going everywhere together, our lives changed completely in those years. At the time Betty was working as a teacher so had to stop working to take care of the kids. We were lucky that she was able to stay home and take care of them.
I had often debated whether or not I wanted to have kids when I got older. While I can't predict the future, I do know now that I have the desire to have children. My dad always joked that one child (Alvand) was enough for me, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Children bring a new perspective into one's life. They open you up to a unique way of thinking and make you take into consideration what you had always thought was superfluous or unimportant. It is incredible that a baby's critical learning period likewise incites a period of growth in their caretakers. Responsibility and love for a child force us to go beyond ourselves. We must learn to expect the unexpected and prepare for any situation, and life's sweetest gift fills the moments in between.
My daughter was twenty one when she got married and they waited till she was twenty five to start a family and found out that it was not easy for her to get pregnant in fact she was not able to. They tried many costly procedures over the years and they felt very defeated in their efforts. My daughter Jessica was born to be a mom, from the day her younger brother was born she mothered him like her own, in fact, they are so close to this day because of it. There was no better mother to be than her yet she was unable to get pregnant. They were going to try one last procedure then they were going to give up and the doctor told them they had a one in ten chance this last time. Well the time had come and thankfully she conceived what now my two year old grandson, Isaiah! What a blessing and miracle he is. She is the best mom ever hopefully in time they will have more.
My topic of choice is life satisfaction of those over the age of eighty-five. What I want to study is the life satisfaction of those who have lived far beyond most their own family members. The reason why I choose this topic is from a personal experience, from knowing a sweet elderly woman who is ninety-six yrs. old. The conversations I have had with her about her life, inspired me to dig deeper into what causes people to age well or to not age well. There is something to admire in elderly that have not only lived a very long time, but also lived out their years in happiness and satisfaction. In one study, they found that anxiety and depression among centenarians was almost non-existent, and said to have a high quality of life (Richmond, Law