We must take back our family... and we can do this!

As we read our articles that deal with weight, body image, recipes, marriage communication and parenting – we must include our opinions to our children, family and friends on how these concepts relate to the immediate future.

We do need to read about these issues and write these articles! This is our part in the balance between men and women. We can and must do more. Times are changing and our families are in peril. We owe it to our children to take back the world.

Take back the world. This is our job as tone setters of the family.

Sounds like an impossibility. But remember with God’s help nothing is impossible. We have a strong and immediate impact on our family, friends and surrounding community. We should be able to talk, think and convince others to take on these social issues.

I am reminded to be positive – because as my grandma used to say, "...you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar." Being positive does not have to involve burying our head in the sand concerning the brevity of the societal issues at hand.

There are times when being the sweet and nice mom just does not work. We are living in times where the issues are ugly, difficult and uncomfortable but we must bring them to the surface.

When our child has a fever do we just say, "Go to bed the fever will take care of its self."

No, we would never do that. We would hug, kiss and give what ever medication is needed to make the child comfortable and to eliminate the fever.

Difficult issues should not frighten us. Continually we tackle the issue of sex and explain this to our children. We heighten our children’s awareness so that they will not make life changing mistakes.

So, why do we shy away from current issues?

We must discuss with our children the immigration issue and the impact it has on them in their schools. We have an obligation to talk to our children about immigrants and the impact their illegal status has on employment.

We must encourage our children to address the immigration issue so that when they begin their own businesses and vote – that they stop the cycle of second class citizens.

Because of their citizenship status, illegal immigrants create a sub economy for themselves. If we truly cared for illegal immigrants and their children we would not allow for the underground economy of labor to continue.

Illegal immigration is not healthy, just or fair for the immigrants and we should encourage our children to find a solution for the humanity of immigrants.

Same sex marriage is a current issue that is essential to acknowledge within our family life. Our conversations will be vital and the answers will be indispensable. We need to ask our children what they view their married life to be and then we should guide them to achieve the appropriate lifestyle.

We must be ready and willing to engage in the questions of why a man and man may marry − and why, possibly in the future a man and his horse may marry. We cannot shy away from these necessary but difficult fundamental discussions.

The United States Constitution and the Second Amendment are basic issues to undertake a dialogue with our children. Since all of our children attend a school at some point in their life − it is a requirement to discuss gun control and gun free zones.

It is our duty to make our children aware that in school, where they believe they are safe, may quite well be a fallacy. Only the bad guys have guns in a gun free zone.

We want to caution our children to respond to chaos with facts and a clear head before possibly embarking upon a journey that will end with the removing of our established rights.

Women are the magnets in the moral compass. With this power we have the obligation to address the current issues that feed directly into the family. We traditionally have been the tone setters in the family.

Women are needed now more than ever to take back their family, their church, their state and their country.

Women have the influence, intensity and the sensitivity to educate our family, friends and community. We are the epitome of a grassroots organization.

We touch and persuade as we perform our duties as wives, mothers and citizens.

By nature women are not threatening but nurturing. The ominous and edgy contemporary issues are part of our lives – like it or not. Yes, it is vital that we address the current issues as ugly as they are.

I submit to you − women oversee our family’s moral values when we discuss the issues of our current day. We currently manage our family, home and employment so it would seem that we already have the tools and skills to take on the ugliness of the world through our views and feelings on marriage, parenting and yes − even body image.

Tell me, what do I wear to a meeting with women concerning gun safety at my local school? What type of place setting for the dinner table is appropriate for a discussion on teenage sex?

Again, what was the recipe for the seven layer dessert I can make in less than 10 minutes while I have my friends over to discuss the issue of same sex marriage?

As my grandmother would always say, "Remember your manners."

Because manners are extremely important when curing the problems of the world.