Go easy on your parents, for parents can struggle too,
And so many Mums and Dads, hurt and hardship have been through.
Many parents make mistakes, which they tearfully regret,
And pillows, their heads rest on, like some children’s, end up wet.

There are many parents, who, raise their children very well,
Despite unhappy backgrounds, or lacking parental skill.
Though struggling with their problems, and erring as they go along,
They manage to raise children, who choose right, rather than wrong.

By unexpected wrong that their child may say or do,
Even the best of parents can be disappointed too.
And even the best children who’ve been given the best start,
Can somehow, somewhere, sometime, from the rightful path depart.

Parenting’s not easy; it’s somewhat, learn as you go along,
Hence, invariably, even good parents, will get things wrong.
But sometimes, parents suffer for no reason of their own,
Due to rebellious children, who seem somewhat trouble-prone.

Within every child, and parent, complexities abide,
And within the lives of each, sad inheritances often hide.
Hence why everyone should be slow to point the finger,
And why all, on such complexity, more thoughtfully should linger.

Often wrong that parents do, stems from harm they’ve suffered too,
Or from bad examples, that wrong seeds inside them grew.
Hence, cycles are repeated, by some children parents rear,
Perpetuating problems, and despair, they too, will share.

Of course, there are bad parents, whose wrong no one should excuse,
But here we’re talking parents, who wrong, deliberately don’t choose.
So, don’t be hard on parents; rather, support and understand,
For these errors that they make, aren’t something that they’ve planned.

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Painting by Mary T. Hoffman - God's Creation in Art

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