Are you looking the other way?

While at a hotel recently, my husband and I encountered a group of teenagers who were disrespectful and rude. It saddens me that we see this behavior more often than not. I remember when I was growing up this was frowned upon by others, now it’s looked upon as the “cool” thing to do. There was a time when parents would get embarrassed and do something about it, nowadays

What's right is right...what's wrong is wrong!

Every now and then I’ll get on my “soapbox”…today just happens to be one of those days! ;-) We live in a society full of “enablers”…you know, people who approve,  facilitate,  make excuses for, authorize and give the “okay” to other people’s actions; regardless of whether those actions are good or bad.  You see this lapse in judgment everywhere you go…parents with their children, friends with other friends, spouses with each other…the list goes on and on. My husband and I have always told our kids, “we will always love you, but right is right and wrong is WRONG”; it’s called INTEGRITY folks. Integrity is the adherence to moral and ethical principles, soundness of moral character, a sound, unimpaired condition; simply put…honesty!  As a parent, I WILL NOT