Pop culture destroys families. Lil Romeo and Master P remind us of the fifth commandment, honoring thy mother and father.
As religion continues to decline in the west, we can see the erasure of the commandments. Children have no incentive or reason to listen to their parents anymore. Things were different in the late ’80s when Will Smith’s music video told us parents don’t understand. Children were more obedient and couldn’t use the internet for dopamine hits when in the middle of a disagreement with the audience. There was no venting to strangers across the world whom you had never met and never had a hand in your upbringing. Now, this is socially acceptable. Where is the honor? Where is the integrity? The negative stigma created around religion is to destroy families. Religion is more than worshipping a “white Jesus” and being used to control the masses, as many like to say. It offers a structure and a foundation. If we’re going to eliminate religion and use science, communism, and psychology as the new norm to operate families, were winging it rather than looking at thousands of years of proven results. Pop Culture destroys families. Lil Romeo and Master P remind us of the fifth commandment, honoring thy mother and father.
People saying “respect your parents” annoys me
I know the people saying that mean to say respect good parents (hopefully) but it still pisses me off, because it’s like they’re saying all parents are good which is definitely not true. I’ve mostly seen this on Tik Tok. Once I saw a Tik Tok that had a (fake) story about a kid being disrespectful to his dad and the caption was “respect your parents“ so I commented “I don’t have a dad :)”. I know this story isn’t relevant but I still found it funny.
Anyway, it pisses me off to no end that heaps of people say “respect your parents“ when they have no idea what my parents are like. It would piss me off even more if they still said to respect your parents even after I told them how abusive my mum was, but this hasn’t happened (thank god). Sorry, this post was really unorganised.
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There are a lot of terrible abusive parents who harm and neglect their children. Furthermore, there are parents who choose drugs, men, and women, over their families/children as well. There are a lot of parents who barely raised their children and the children turned out ok. Some parents tried their best and the child just wanted to be rebellious. Today, however, more than ever, parents have less control over their children’s environment. Social media and pop culture in general aren’t exactly places to learn about life wisdom. It’s young people telling young people about their issues and what to do. It’s not the blind leading the blind but it’s close to it.
Pop Culture destroys families because it’s a young person demographic up to around age 35 or so. It’s a target market that relies on victimhood and doesn’t advocate for accountability. Gratitude is severely lacking as well. Which is somewhat normal, how much gratitude can we expect a non-religious young person to have if they aren’t even close to 30 years old? Even 30 years old and being rich isn’t enough for Master P’s son Lil Romeo.
Lil Romeo recently took to the internet to expose his father’s financial situation and unfortunately other news that shouldn’t be made public. To be fair, Romeo has a right to be upset about not being paid for 15 years for rap snacks, as anyone should. Romeo could be correct in everything he’s saying and may feel that making the situation public is the only way to force his father’s hand. Romeo even admits that his father is addicted to the attention and fame of social media even as an older person. However, Master P was apologetic in a video response and warned Romeo that was he ready to lead the family financially and create opportunities for them. If so this wasn’t the way to do it, according to Master P.
Both Romeo and Master P seem apologetic and, more importantly, reference GOD in their responses heavily.
The irony is that over 20 years ago, Romeo did a remake of Will Smith’s parents don’t understand the song/video. Romeo is complaining that his mom is buying him some 1993 clothes when it’s 2001. Even then, Romeo still advises kids to accept it because parents just don’t understand. Kids want to be cared for but also want to express their autonomy; finding a balance is the trick for parents.
Some parents may lose their lives trying to discipline their children and teach them not to depend on technology. A 10 year recently killed his mother because she refused to buy him a VR headset. Pop culture is destroying families. Furthermore, we just did a story on the production of a VR headset that will kill you in real life if you lose in the game. So whose right and wrong? why don’t parents understand, Or is the reality, Children don’t understand?
Honoring parents is one of the select mitzvahs featured in the Ten Commandments. The Torah tells us, “Honor your father and mother,” and it tells us, “Honor your G‑d”—implying that honoring parents is on par with honoring G‑d!
We can never repay our parents because they bring us into this world. Parents, especially mothers, are our first teachers. Having respect for authority and others begins with our parents. This is more spiritual than people think. For instance. The Torah’s commandments are split into two halves(tablets). The first half is for man’s relationship with GOD, and the second half is for man’s relationship with other humans. The fifth commandment, many would assume, falls on the man’s relationship with humans half because parents are other humans. False. The fifth commandment falls on half of our relationship with GOD. Therefore, our relationship with our parents will mirror our relationship with GOD.
The child-parent relationship is analogous to, and intricately bound up in, the man—G‑d relationship. This is so because in bringing a child into this world the parents are in a partnership with G‑d: the material substance is derived from the parents, while G‑d grants spirit and soul, the vital form of man
chabad.org
The child-parent relationship is analogous to, and intricately bound up in, the man—G‑d relationship. This is so because in bringing a child into this world the parents are in a partnership with G‑d: the material substance is derived from the parents, while G‑d grants spirit and soul, the vital form of man
Chabad.org
In conclusion, Pop Culture destorys families while religion builds and maintains them. A relationship with GOD, parents, people, isn’t easy but that is the learning and growing process of life that builds character. Even eastern religions teaches us to see GOD in ALL things, this would have to include our parents correct?..