The importance of passing on values

Friday, August 31, 2012

After reflecting on my life as a parent, I've considered writing a book entitled What To Do When Your Children Act Irresponsibly and You Are Ready to Pull Your Hair Out, but the title is too long and sounds unchristian. Too, my personal examples seem to pale in comparison to some of my friends' whose adult children continue to bring them immeasurable woes. Their situations run the gamut: poor financial decisions; unstable job selections; divorce, resulting in grandkids who quickly learn the art of manipulation as they play one parent against the other; alcohol and drug abuse; even a rejection of the faith that was one time so prevalent in their lives. Not infrequently these adult children move back home "until they get back on their feet." My heart breaks for the parents who have inherited these burdens, and even though my children continue to do bone-headed things that make me believe they were somehow switched at birth, I am able to laugh-albeit not immediately-instead of cry at our family's predicaments

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