“No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent”.
Privilege, in the dictionary, is defined as the right given to some people and not to others. It is a special opportunity to do something that will make someone proud. It will be a great privilege to become a parent because often the people who pray the most to have a child are the ones who weren't privileged to have one.
Some say that becoming a parent means giving up your freedom to do something you've always loved. Some say it will just cause you more problems to face. Some say that kids will just become your human version of a headache. Some say that it'll destroy a woman's figure. And some say that becoming a parent isn't something to be proud of and it'll be a hindrance for someone to be whom they have wanted. These reasons play in the minds of every people who've run away and despised the responsibilities of becoming a parent.
A child was developed in your womb, but literally not from your womb because it is from God. And everything that is of God is a blessing. The opportunity of many children to see the world had been stolen because of abortion. Some were robbed of a supposed to be bright future because of abuse and violence. Many rebellious children were caused by a lack of love and care from their own parents when they are supposed to feel belonged and are loved. Imagine yourself running away from becoming a parent and raising a child that was born and made of God to become the next president of our country that will end corruption and poverty, or of a child made to discover the cure for cancer, or of a child that has the ability to change the whole world, or even of a child that can save our earth from global warming. Destroying someone's ability to fulfill their God-given purpose here on earth because of selfishness? Please be ashamed.
Being a parent is being able to love someone unconditionally with no regrets. You are one example of a fruit of good parenting. Without your parent to love and care for you, you won't be here reading this paper. Notwithstanding the mere fact that you will be a burden to them, they chose to raise you and took you as a blessing and not a burden. You might give up your own freedom of being happy, but you are giving your children their freedom to live and make you happy. Your problems might be doubled, but the sunshine and rainbows you'll receive will also be doubled. You might have your human version of a headache, but you will also have your human version of a happy pill, medicine, energy, and home. It might destroy your figure if you are a woman, but you will be able to mold and develop a child to have the brightest and most successful future. And it might be the reason to stop you from becoming the person you really wanted to be, but you will be their bridge to be the person the best they can be. Parenting might not award you luxuries and the most expensive jewelry, but according to a well-said quotation, “The most precious jewelry you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children”. Thus, it is.