Stories Never Told - My Biggest Mistake

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Hello Read.Cash Community, on this occasion, we invite you to enjoy this interesting story, one of those that touches your soul, no doubt it will make many parents reflect, because having children is a responsibility for life. We are talking about a life, not a sack of potatoes. Hopefully, those who want to be parents will ask themselves if they are willing to face and take charge in a responsible way and take into consideration the consequences of this decision, whether they are dealing with a person who is going to grow and needs education, or they are only doing it to have the picture of the perfect family in the living room of their house, According to the experts, they point out that the best ages to educate in values are between six and twelve years old, the maturity of childhood, children have a natural disposition to develop an intense activity, being the optimal period to educate intellectual and behavioral habits, which will forge their future personality as adults. It is known as the "golden age of virtues", which, if well focused, will avoid many of the problems of adolescence.

"My Mother is my Strength, but also my Weakness" - Anonymous.

I am a 50 year old woman and today I am visiting my 25 year old son in jail. He was there for manslaughter because he had run over an elderly man while driving at high speed while drunk, he tried to flee but several people observed what happened, they took the license plate number and made a report to the authorities, a police patrol arrested him. He entered the jail badly wounded and in a wheelchair, since the victim's father almost beat him to death.

My son told me: Mom, you know very well that I am not a murderer. I never thought that one day I would commit an act like the one that has landed me in jail. I have more pain in my heart than in my body in spite of the blows that man has given me and I understand his pain perfectly. What hurts me the most is to realize that since I was a child I got used to do whatever I wanted, I always disobeyed you, and you never reprimanded me.

My son's words hurt me and with sobs I answered him: son, you were so rebellious since you were a child that you never listened to my advice, you never listened, every time I gave you an order, you were furious, you defied me and you did the opposite, you made fun of me. Ever since you began to have the use of reason, with your tantrums you made both dad and me decide to stop scolding you. Remember when I used to tell you to eat the food I prepared for you so that you would grow up healthy and strong, to which you would say: I don't want to be healthy or strong, I don't care, leave me alone! Tidy up your room: I'm not going to pick up anything, so I'm happy, if you want to pick it up yourself! Don't destroy your toys, take care of them: I don't care I want to play like this, and if you don't buy me new things I'll scream and cry until you buy them for me. I remember the day I said in this house you do what I say: No mom, I won't do it I don't love you anymore and if you talk to me like that, I'm going to leave home.

Bringing those memories back made him react and he shouted to me ¡Enough, mom! just tell me one thing, how is it possible that my parents, adults, have obeyed and been dominated by a child, six years old? Today, at 25 years old, I have become a murderer, I am finished and without future, it was useless that I became a great lawyer or that we have a lot of money. I killed a poor old man and left those people without their father. You should have disciplined me, and not let me do what I wanted and maybe now I would not be going through such a painful and difficult time, because if you and dad had set limits and not spoiled me in everything I wanted, that man would be alive and you would be proud of me.

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This text was translated from Spanish to English thanks to the translator Deepl.