If you were once told to look both ways before crossing the street, you listened. If you were lectured when you were little about why it's important to eat all your vegetables, you reluctantly did it. If you were constantly reminded to always say your prayers at night and to never talk to strangers, you knew that it must have been important.

>Being young and listening to parents has always been normal. There are times we made mistakes and had to learn the hard way but we always managed to grasp the concept of if we are told about it constantly then it must be important. Our parents instill in us these lessons at an early age so by the time we are old enough, we can put them to practice. Okay, maybe it's not essential to always eat vegetables but we know why it's important. We know why we are supposed to wear a seatbelt in the car and why it's important to always be respectful and kind to those around you. It is because parents want us to be safe and healthy. They want åus to wise and educated. They want us to be humble and kind. Even now when you're on the brink of ending high school or college and have faced plenty of life's hard challenges, you still get the phone call from Mom that reminds you to take your medicine. "Yes. I know, Mom." We might exhume or the usual sigh of exhaustion that comes from hearing the same rules and lectures over and over again.

I get it. But, just think.

One day, before you know it there will be a time when you won't get those phone calls. There will come a time when you'll be wanting to hear Mom or Dad give the same lecture you've heard every week. There will come a day when you'll want guidance or an answer from someone that isn't Google. Someone to remind you to be humble and kind once again. I can't imagine... But what you can do right now is understand why. Why it is that Mom and Dad harp on you about the "little things".. because when the big stuff happens.. they want you to be prepared and secure for whatever comes your way especially when they won't be here to call you... that's what unconditional love is.

After all, That's what parents are for. I'm sure you've been told that one before.