Our Child Print

Our Child Well-meaning parents, parents whose parents passed down their parents’ beliefs on child-rearing want the best for their beautiful child That he should be happy, loved, cared for… be someone respected by his classmates and teachers, by the community, our child She must think about getting a good, respectable job, (not artist or musician) She must pray in the right religion, marry the right spouse (opposite gender) possess a soft, melodious voice and smile at people (except strangers) be not too smart or too slow (those kids don’t fit in) have good social skills and the ability to get along with mostly everyone, our child Well-meaning parents let their child know if he is too needy, too jumpy, too silly. Too clingy, too selfish, too disrespectful, too whiny, too Disappointing. But she is the most incredible child in the world, they say, our child, Well meaning parents love their children and want the best for them and they would do anything for them. But what would make them happy, feel most loved, most cherished? What would your child say? simply “Listen to me”