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When a man loves a woman and she returns in kind, often the by-product of such an encounter is a kid.
It is procreation. It is the little surprise offered to us which pops up nine months later at the end of a seven-second orgasm.
First, let’s establish some ground rules: No human being is born to be a parent. We were born to be children who hopefully learn to function in an adult world.
Much to the chagrin of those around me, I must state that the notion of a maternal or a paternal instinct is at least elusive, if not mythical. Matter of fact, those who tout that they can offer seminars on parenting are perhaps some of the more dangerous individuals in our society.
Here are two basic principles about the process of bringing human beings into a world based on our own desires:
1. Ideas and actions transfer well from parent to child.
In other words, kids are more likely to pick up on your prejudices and your vices than anything else.
2. On the other hand, feelings and beliefs are often lost in the translation of growing up.
So even though you may insist that you taught your children to feel a certain way and believe in God, they will either deny such training or rebel against it. This is why ideas get overblown from one generation to another and actions are exaggerated.
For instance, a father who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will probably end up with a son who smokes two. A mother who is prejudiced against a certain race will raise a child who is much more demonstrative in his or her hatred.
So all feelings and faith have to be born again in each and every human. There is no transfusion of God from one individual to another. Yet at the same time, hate passes freely and bad deeds, fluidly.
So what can a parent do?
This was the problem for man and woman when they ended up with two sons. Even though both children came through the same birth canal, the tide and flow of their lives was quite different. One ended up being a complainer and the other, a complier.
I cannot truthfully tell you that one of these choices is better than the other. It seems more righteous, certainly, to comply–but at the same time, on some occasions it is essential to question.
And even though complaining is normally a whiny vice, it does afford time for reflection instead of just blind faith.
But in actual time–in other words, real life experience–complaining has a tendency to close down the door to learning, while complying at least puts us on the field of play for possible growth.
Two brothers, raised in the same household, with different philosophies, who are destined to collide.
What can mom and dad do? When could they have done it? And how effective would it have been?
This is the trio of questions all parents end up asking themselves–especially after some contentious, or even disastrous, results.
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