The three word sentence I love you is often thrown around on a daily basis. This phrase is used mostly friend to friend, boyfriend to girlfriend, husband to wife, human to pet, and in many other ways. But one way that it means most is parent to child.
It is said that parents should love the children unconditionally. This statement is an inconvenient truth. The reason I believe this is because from my person experiences.
My biological father left my mom when I was six months old. Ever since then he has not contacted me which just mind boggles me and my mom. I always wonder how my “dad” could know he has a kid out there but not even care to make sure she is doing alright. Since I did grow up with my step dad it made things a lot easier but on the other hand it bothers me that my father by blood can’t even provide and care for me like my step dad does could that mean he doesn’t love me?! To me that is not love. Now I have found him on facebook, and to see him happy with another child proves he doesn’t love me unconditionally or else he would have been there for me my whole life.
We all would love to believe that parents will love you no matter what. Although, in most cases it is true there are a lot of unspoken situations where the parents don’t love their child unconditionally. One example is when a parent who leaves the child at a very young age. Another example is when a child comes out about being gay or lesbian. Sometimes the parents will no longer acknowledge the child because they do not believe in homosexual relationships. Another example could be marriage of another religion. Also, has silly as it sounds pregnancy or abortion because either the parent disagrees with early or teen pregnancy and/or is against abortion can cause the parents to no longer want to be in contact with their child. These are all examples where the statement parents should love their children unconditionally becomes an inconvenient truth and I’m sure there are many other examples.
