An Open Letter Written To the Parents Around The World

Dear moms and dads,

You have been given a very important job as a parent.  Your job is to mold your children into respectable young men and women.  You have a very short time to get that done.  There is no manual or handbook to tell you how to do it, and it is very hard.

There is so much chaos in the world today that it seems like our morals and manners have been thrown out.  And we as parents need to bring them back.  I came across some pictures yesterday of some signs that a Lubbock fraternity had hanging at a party over the weekend.  One of the signs said 'No Means Yes, and Yes Means Anal.' That absolutely disgusted me.

My greatest fear in life is that my son is going to grow up being disrespectful.  I want to make sure he understands how to treat, not only a woman, but every single person as a human being.

Our world has become so sexualized.  Women are taught to be 'sexy.' Models strut around in tiny bikinis and flaunt their bodies.  Girls feel pressured to be thin, pretty and sexy.  This often leads to trouble, especially with the internet and social media.

It is often easy to blame the girl when something happens.  I've often heard 'she brought it upon herself by dressing so provocatively.'  We can't put all the blame on one sex.  And the saying 'boys will be boys' doesn't work in these situations.  But the fact is, it is our fault as parents.

We need to teach our girls to dress with modesty.  We need to teach them NOT to engage in sexting or Snap Chatting nude pictures; because once they are out, there is no getting them back.  And above all, we need to teach our girls to respect themselves.

But it isn't just the females, we need to teach our sons the same respect.  We need to show them how to treat a woman.  We need to teach them the difference between seeing a woman as sexually attractive vs. being a sexual object.

As a mom of a 6 year old boy, my goal in life is to teach my son that it is a woman's responsibility to get up everyday and dress herself, we can't control that.  But it is a man's responsibility to look at her like a human being no matter what she has on.

Each person is responsible for their own actions.  And above all, when a person says no, it means no.  There are no exceptions!

I am not trying to tell anyone how to raise their children, but I think that if we could teach them to love everyone as human beings, this world would be a lot better.