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[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Absolutely correct. For whatever reasons/excuses/external forces, most parents don't parent anymore though. So...

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

When I was growing up we were usually expected to go outside an entertain ourselves until dinner. I've helped raise a couple kids now and I feel like I spent a lot more time with them since now children stay indoors a lot more.

That is all there is to parenting, you try to guide them and they don't listen and have to learn the hard way like you did yourself at that age, and one of the best ways to teach them is by example.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Sounds legit to me.

Ever read Khalil Gibran's The Prohet? Short and fun.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I'm not big into poetry besides a few dirty limericks.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The Prophet is not poetry. It's a short story.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe I looked up the wrong thing. Thought it said prose.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You don't have to like poetry, your life is living verse incarnate.