Why I Still Talk to Jesus -- In Spite of Everything
It isn’t about "correct belief" but about life, love and character.
IX: Never forget you owe it to your child to squarely face your own particular generational curse. Some people have rude fathers or mothers with sharp snide tongues. Others have darkly depressed parents. Some have hovering neurotic parents, or a cold and distant father—whatever. Whatever it is that curses you know this: You are going [...]
VI: Never make the mistake I made by expecting that somehow a child will learn to be polite by yelling at them! Snapping, “Say thank you!” or “Say please!” teaches nothing. Saying please and thank you to your child and showing them consistent respect is what they will imitate. (to be continued in this space [...]
III: Never make sarcastic remarks to a child much less say snide or ironic things meant to put them in their place. The worst parent (aside from a neglectful abuser) is a score-settling parent. Mea culpa! If you want your child to trust you they can’t be thinking you’ll put them down or make them [...]
If I could have one wish, it would be to get a parent do-over knowing what I know now as a happy grandparent. My kids survived me and wound up as my friends but nevertheless I cringe when I remember just how stupid and cruel I was as a young father. But my children were resilient [...]
Following her mother’s example my first child Jessica returned love for my clumsy-to-bad-to-mean “fathering…” She was born when I was 18 but I eventually grew up. When she was a young adult I asked Jessica to forgive me for the times I’d pulled her hair, for the slaps and unkind yelling she endured as [...]
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