~SOM3THING NOT V3RY MANY P3OPL3 KNOW ABOUT M3 IS........

SOM3THING THAT P3OPL3 DON'T KNO ABOUT M3 IS THAT I'M AFRAID TO FALL IN LOV3 OR YOU COULD SAY THAT I'M AFRAID OF COMMITM3NT B3CAUS3 ALL TH3 PAST R3ALTIONSHIP'S THAT I HAV3 B33N IN HAV3N'T B33N GOING SO W3LL AND IT'S ALWAYS B33N SORT OF A LOSING SITUATION B3CAUS3 W3N U AR3 IN A R3LATIONSHIP YOU WANT THING'S TO GO SMOOTH AND M3LLOW BUT W3N TH3Y GO TH3 OPPOSIT3 WAY OF WHAT YOU WANT3D YOU START HAVING S3COND THOUGHTS ABOUT THING'S . I DON'T KNOW MAYB3 THAT'S JUST M3 B3CAUS3 I F33L SOM3 BOY'S AR3N'T UP TO MY STANDARDS IN R3LATIONSHIP WIS3 . AND THAT SOM3TIM3S CR3AT3S T3NSION IN OUR R3LATIONSHIP AND OFT3N 3NDS . BUT WH3N I DO FIND A BOY WHO IS ON TH3 SAM3 PAG3 AS M3 I SORT OF SHUT DOWN B3CAUS3 I G3T AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPP3N OR TH3 F3AR OF M3 G3TTING MY F33LING 'S HURT OR MY H3ART BROK3N

~ TH3 WORST THING A PAR3NT CAN DO............

TH3 WORST THING THAT A PAR3NT COULD DO TO AN CHILD IS GIV3 UP ON TH3M B3CAUS3. CHILDR3N MAKE MISTAK3S AND IT'S OUR PAR3NT'S WHO AR3 SUPPOS3 TO B3 TH3R3 AND T3LL US THAT IT'S GOING TO B3 OKAY AND THAT MISTAK3S HAPP3N BUT IF OUR PAR3NT'S AR3 NOT TH3R3 TH3N WHO CAN W3 RUN TO. B3CAUS3 US CHILDR3N RUN TO OUR PAR3NT'S FOR 3V3RY LITTL3 THING AND IF TH3IR NOT TH3R3 FOR US W3 F33L SORT OF LOST . B3CAUS3 W3 LOOK TO OUR PAR3NT'S FOR GUIDANC3 AND WISDOM AND STUFF LIK3 THAT SO THAT IT CAN K33P US GOING . BUT SOM3TIM3'S PAR3NT FAC3 C3RTAIN OBSTACLE'S WITH US T33NAG3R SUCH AS SCHOOL , TH3 OPPOSIT3 S3X, P33R PR3SSUR3, 3TC . AND TH3Y SOM3TIM3S F33L OV3RWH3LM3D AND F33L LIK3 SOM3TIM3S US KIDS DON'T APPR3CIAT3 OUR PAR3NT'S BUT IN R3ALITY W3 DO AND WH3N TH3Y GIV3 UP ON US OUR H3ART AR3 SORT OF CRUSH3D IN A WAY B3CAUS3 AR3 PAR3NT'S NO LONG3R CAR3 FOR US AND TH3Y DON'T CAR3 FOR US ANY MOR3 AND TO US CHILDR3N THAT'S HARD TO IMAGIN3 AND TO M3 THAT'S TH3 WORST THING A PAR3NT CAN DO IS GIV3 UP ON TH3IR CHILD