V.P. Picks and Parental Woes

After seeing Obama pick Joe Biden as his running mate, I was quite eager to find out who McCain would pick. My secret hope was Mitt Romney. I don't know how much influence he would actually have as a V.P., but I liked his vision for future energy development and his economic know how. Obviously that didn't happen. I at least thought it would be someone I had heard of, so I was quite surprised when Sarah Palin was picked. Don't know much about her, but I did like the fact that she is a social conservative, and she seemed to be a good person in general. Then I heard on the news last night that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. My first thought was, "Just great. I was thinking I would like her and now she can't control her own kids." Later that night as I was lying in bed I had a second thought about another parent thousands of years ago. Lehi. He had two sons who started a tradition of hate, murder, unbelief, and your basic jerk-like conduct which lasted hundreds of years. Lehi had done his best as a parent as far as I know. So although the responsibility lies first with the parents to teach their children to be good, moral citizens, the kids will still make their own choices, and sometimes they are disappointing ones. I don't know what kind of parent Sarah Palin is, but I do know it's not up to me to judge her, and I'm sure her daughter is needing all of the love and support she can get. I just hope I can be the best future parent I can be, and then pray with all I've got that my kids listen to me--because it won't be happy day for them if they don't!!