Hello Everyone, Happy Wonderful Friday to you all, I hope you are having a wonderful start of the weekend ? So without further ado let's answer the prompt we are presented with from the Hive Learners table. Let's go....
See when it comes to this whole “are people born good or bad?” matter, I’ve honestly sat with this question so many times in my head. And to be real, I just believe that every human no matter the background gets to choose who they want to be the moment they know the difference between right and wrong.
You know how they say that ,“train up a child in the way he should go…” yes, that is true,but at the same time , i have seen children that are well trained still turn out badly, and I have also seen people who were raised in chaos turn out very decent and responsible people, So at the end of the day, it still comes down to the choice.
See because, let us just be honest ,no matter how strict or loving a home is, the moment a person grows up and starts to reason for themselves, then they start to choose the path they want to follow, Whether it is influenced by their environment, social media, their friends, or even maybe experiences, they still choose.
Yes! , I remember one time , a woman in our area was shouting because her son was caught stealing, and she was always crying for the boy, she was saying, “I did my best! I warned him, begged him, prayed for him, punished him!” And yes truly she did, everyone knew that she was a hardworking and loving mother, but the boy still chose his own path.
Sometimes it is peer pressure , sometimes it is just pure stubbornness,some people like the thrill of doing “bad things” and they will continue doing them even when they know the consequences, see while some others might come from a really broken home, blah blah, yet they will decide not to let their upbringing define them and they do turn out well.
And I really don’t think there is a perfect formula for raising a child that will turn out 100% good, because parents can only do their best, and teach them morals, show them love, correct them when they go wrong, but in the end, the children still have their own minds, and they still decide for themselves.
Even me, I remember when I was growing up , there would be times I knew what I was about to do was very wrong , but I still did the thing just because I wanted to, it was not because I did not know better o, So it's same way, there were things I avoided because I told myself, “I don’t want this for my life.” That is a personal choice.
See, I do not agree when people try to judge the parents too harshly for how their kids turn out, Yes we know parenting plays a big role, but it is not everything, we human beings are very complex being , a child can be from a wealthy , prayerful home and yet still join a cult, another child from a poor struggling background might end up becoming a blessing to the family.
We can not just always explain why people become who they become, but we can all agree that the moment a person just knows how to identify his right from wrong, they are now very responsible for what they choose to do and not do.
So that is why when I see people trying to blame their nonsense bad attitude or behavior on how they grew up, I am just like, “Okay o , but what are you now doing about it now?” because at some point , the blame can not keep going to your background, you get? you owe yourself that growth like really do.
So yes, I do strongly believe that everyone, no matter where they come from ,they choose to be either good or bad, life will throw different things at us, but the way we respond is still our choices ,at the end of the day, you are who you choose to be.
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