Just a thought here....
Don't we owe our existence to our parents? Instead, many of us are of the mindset of me, me, me. Is it possible that we have become so distracted and convinced it is all about us...when really, it isn't? Look at the union of parents today....or should I say, the dis-union.Just a thought that popped in my head. ...something to perhaps ponder.
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Where's the cat?
And the remote?
(Claps).
Paw.
(Michael Landon)
Yes everyone is guilty of a me me me attitude, even our parents...we are all human.
But yes i agree..the more we look beyond our own noses the better for ourselves and those around us.
Just like my two sons don't wouldn't owe me anything.
My late parents did what they did cause they had been responsible for providing me with shelter,clothes,food and an education.Just as I did with my sons.
There were two distinct types.
1.There were the happy family type ones when the kids were young, and everything could be worked out by heart to heart chats between adults and children and/or adults and adults.
2.The ones where the kid left home for good at 18 and from thereon used to bemoan the fact that they had to return to the family home for the expected annual visit at Christmas as there would be family feuds/arguments etc.
I used to be like
My experience has not like either. I had a good relationship with my parents, and had a happy childhood, but it wasn't like Little House in the Prairie, The Cosbys or the Waltons - it was normal bickering, sulks, laughter and generation gap stuff.
And as an adult, it wasn't normal here to leave home forever at 18. People often live at home until they are ready to leave, or go home at weekends from uni. No big break, more coming and going. I still go home to my dad regularly. And shock horror, no big family feuds.
Has this blog turned into a SLUMBER PARTY?
All this nice ladies joining you on a ... bed? (dramatic music)
My parents trained us to be close and cohesive so my children are following the tradition as I have taught them. You're right, what children see and grow up with, they tend to follow.
Love begets love.
SR
Think Waltons or Brady Bunches