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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWe are imperfect; that means there's room for improvement. One of the joys of raising a child is being there when it wakes up to its destiny.
Yes, my astute friend, "... to make of ourselves better people"; and as you well know, we in and of ourselves are imperfect.
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Originally posted by moonbusHopefully the improvement in our own character occurs before the child is born;
We are imperfect; that means there's room for improvement. One of the joys of raising a child is being there when it wakes up to its destiny.
though some children it appears raise their parents in contemporary times.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI am firmly of the opinion that parents do not raise children; it is the parents who grow up by this process. (Their kids grow up later.)
Hopefully the improvement in our own character occurs before the child is born;
though some children it appears raise their parents in contemporary times.
Originally posted by moonbusYou are right of course.
I am firmly of the opinion that parents do not raise children; it is the parents who grow up by this process. (Their kids grow up later.)
But children tend to do what they see done as opposed to what we want them to do... So we still have a big responsability
