Little girls, little girls...

Ok, I've got a topic: Oprah

Her show today was really good. It was a continuation of the show featuring Jada Pinkett-Smith, Venus and Serena. I need to remind myself to go buy their books- if not for me, as a gift. We gotta share the knowledge, for the people perish otherwise.

Serving From the Hip by Venus & Serena Williams
Girls Hold Up the World by Jada Pinkett-Smith

The show dealt with talking to young girls & women about the stuff they're dealing with: peer pressure, sex, growing up, depression, destructive habits, esteem... you name it.

It was a very important show, because the gap is getting wider between adults and kids these days. Especially with girls. They are generally expected to be more mature than boys at the same ages. Studies have shown that girls are becoming more violent, closing the gap in this area where the genders are concerned. Communication is the key, and parents, busy working 7 jobs, aren't asking questions. Or, if they do ask, they take the first answer (Fine. Okay.) and leave it at that. We gotta dig.

It was pretty cool to watch portions of the Oprah interview with Maria Shriver. She, one of the wealthiest ladies around, does not let her kids have TV's in thier rooms. She says that if she did, everyone would be off in their corners and they wouldn't be together as much- she couldn't be nosy and know what's going on. Her kids don't get cell phones or telephones in their rooms. Shriver says that as a mother, she reserves the right to eavsdrop. I like that. I don't think parents need to mute the television or anything (that's blatant) but they should keep an ear out.

Back to girls. They are going through stuff but don't think that they have anyone to talk to about it. That's a problem because they keep it in and it boils, it causes them to isolate and internalize the issue, they think that they are the only one with those feelings, and it goes downhill from there. We gotta dig, ya'll. We gotta dig.

Check it out:
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

As long as the world turns, seed time and harvest time will continue. That means if you don't take the time to plant and harvest the seed, someone will.

Mt 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

If if ain't you, who will it be?