"How high will the sycamore grow?" - colors of the wind

Questions:

How are we raising our sons?  How are we raising our grandsons?  How are we raising our schoolboys?

Answers:

There is no guaranteed formula.  It depends on what you want to pass on to your son or grandson. It depends on the parent's emotional maturity and readiness.  It has to do with one's own cultural preference/s, socio-economic status, psychological stability and maybe even to some extent- reflective ability.

Q:  Why do we even have to think about it?
A:  Because we are raising future parents and leaders.
Q:  Why do we even have to think about it?
A:  Because what we do today as parents will impact in twenty five years.

Q:  Should we even care?
A:  Die if you don't.
      If you don't care about how you are raising your sons, then why care about the trees, climate change, employment, education, health, etc, etc,?

Parent:  I only care about what he needs now.
Conscience:  Then you are on the right track.  What does he need now?

P:  He needs me.  He needs things.  He needs food.  He needs shelter.  He needs recreation, education so he gets a job- a high paying one in the dessert, in the icebergs... wherever he can make money.
C:  The first things are not bad but money at all cost?  You forgot to say "fame".
P:  I want him to be happy.
C:  We all want to be happy!  God wants us to be happy and to have a purpose.  (cliche?)

P:  Today, my 6 year old son fell from the stairs...
C:  I'm sorry.  From top to bottom of the stairs?  Is he hurt?
P:  He fell from the last 4 steps, approximately one and a half feet.  I know you would ask this- no one pushed him, he fell when he saw me.  There should be someone to hold their hands when they go down the steps. 
C:  Does he know how to hold the bannister?
P:  He should be brought down the stairs by an adult.
C:  Teach him safety.  He is 6 and should find doing things by himself safely a source of confidence and accomplishment.  Accidents happen. Tell him not to run and to walk down the steps carefully and mindfully.

Q:  Why do our sons "weaken" when they see their parents?

P:  I want to be assured that this does not happen to him again.  
C:  There is no such thing!  Sorry Mommy.  


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