In this speech that I am presenting,
I am going to talk about how children take their parents for granted, hence the
name of my topic “The luxury of parents. I am going to use my own personal
experience ant talk about it in my speech. I feel like that is the best way to
get my point across.
Nowadays, kids are
beginning to take for granted the luxury of having parents. Kids are so used to
the fact that every kid should have parents that they forget that some kids
actually don’t have parents. I have heard and seen kids get mad at their
parents for not letting them do something, or not giving them something, and
they say things like “I wish you were dead”. I heard one of my friend say that
recently. His mom didn’t let him go to a party because she thought it was going
to be dangerous and he flat out told her in her face “I wish you were dead, I
hate you.”
When he told me what happened I
actually got a little upset and ill explain why. Back in California, I did not
live with my mom or dad. Both of my parents live in Nigeria so I have to live
with my grandparents. My parents normally visit once a year for about a month
and then head back. But recently, I have not been able to see my father for a
while now. For three years to be exact. The Nigerian Embassy rejected his visa
so there is no way for him to come to America. My mother just recently got her
visa rejected as well. So no I won’t be able to see her for at least a couple
of years. People take for granted what they have without even realizing it. I
have always had a pretty bad relationship with my grandparents. I never really
liked the way they treated my brother and I. So I have always dreaded living
with them. I always wanted to leave the house and never be home. It was really
lonely for my brother and I for a while. We only had each other so we were able
to build a strong bond because of that. I would always rather be with my
friends that be at home and my grandparents would never understand why. They
would always get mad at me because I would come home late because I am with my
friends all day. They never understood it was because I didn’t like to be home
and I didn’t like to be around them. This made it hard for us because my
parents rarely visit because their visa was rejected by the embassy. At a certain
point I started to do the same thing that I always dreaded other kids do, and
that is taking advantage of your parents regardless if they are your
grandparents. When I realized that I started to appreciate them more and life
just became more bearable with them. They started to treat my brother and I better.
My mother always knew how I felt about my grandparents. She always told me to
just bear through it that I would soon be going off to college and I wouldn’t have
to deal with them again. That was honestly what helped me. Even though my
relationship with my grandparents isn’t that great, I still treat them with
respect and let them know that they are appreciated. That is how every child
should be. Regardless of if they like their parents or not. You do not need to
like someone to respect and appreciate them, and that is the key. The whole
point of my speech to get people to know that having parents is a luxury. It’s
a luxury that we take for granted and that we should start appreciating it
because someday, God forbid, you may never see your parents again.
