It’s true when people say that our ancestors had more wisdom and sensibility. In spite of their humble educational skills and their limited experiences they succeeded in managing their private lives and taking good care of their families. Today we have every right to be sad about the current problems our families face.
Many values have been destroyed and many parents have abandoned important duties they are obliged to fulfill toward their household members. Families are chaotic these days, near the edge of breaking up and losing the sense of harmony and unity.
Visit police departments, courts, shelters or just follow up what the press publishes every day and you will be shocked by reading and finding out about things that were never mentioned in the past that are happening more frequently now. Child abuse, violence, molestation, and domestic abuse are crimes that have become so common in our society. What happened? Where is our society heading? What are the reasons for this deterioration?
I believe that sociologists have their say about this issue. We need to start learning sociological methods that can be applied to Saudi families and identify the root causes of the social breakdown. We need to reach a new understanding of the family in order to invoke the old family traditions, union and spirit. Authorities have to participate in knowing their duties too to help small families in their struggles. The biggest and strongest governments in the world fear the break up of the family. Dysfunctional families mean the collapse of society. Each family is considered to be an atom, the basic unit of society.
When the family lives in harmony and preserves traditions, religious aspects and strong ties between its members, then each member feels strong and safe enough to function properly within the environment. The opposite is applicable, too. When family ties are lost and each member becomes either a criminal or a pervert, then trust is no longer available and society becomes dysfunctional.
Can you imagine life’s daily issues and demands done without any management? Families can never function properly unless the mother and the father put some effort into making the relationship between them and their children work according to rules and feelings. Each one of us has to evaluate himself and face the reality of his responsibility in managing his household. It’s always understandable for people to make mistakes but it’s not always excusable not to try to repair the mistakes. I believe there is nothing more important to us in the world than our children, our own flesh and blood, who are the seeds of tomorrow’s blossoming future.
In the name of humanity and nationalism: go back to your homes and create love inside your families and I promise that you’ll find real happiness.
