Thank goodness I am not trying to raise young children today. I know I am an old curmudgeon but the problems of today’s parents are exponentially greater than the dilemmas I faced as a dad. We had 3 boys but I think I could have done a good job with a daughter because we had rhymes and sayings that helped us as parents to send the right messages. We guided them to adulthood with the ideas below.
It was easy to raise a boy. Only 2 guiding principles:
- Don’t take any wooden nickels.
- Be good and if you can’t be good…Be Careful!
Now girls, I believe, were a little more complex and fragile therefore needed more guidance such as:
- Boys don’t make passes at girls that wear glasses!
- Girls who try to be walking encyclopedias should remember: reference books are never taken out.
- Silence is golden.
- If you eat it today, you’ll wear it tomorrow.
- Housewife, teacher, receptionist, secretary. Young ladies have so many opportunities!
Do you think this is the era to which MAGA Morons want to return?