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Intergenerational Bonding
our children -- it is part of our job description as
parents.
I think it is a disservice to our young people
to tell them that ".. .
this is the most carefree
time of your life."
It is not true; it's a wonder we
don't send more of our young people over the
edge with such thoughtless advice. They were
going through a period of adolescence when
their hormones wouldn't stabilize, when their
extremities wouldn't coordinate, and they found
little comfort in our telling them that " ...
it is
going to get worse."
The fact is, although the stresses and
pressures continue to mount as the years and
decades pass, our ability to cope with these
pressures -- socially, mentally, financially,
spiritually, etc. -- grows so much faster.
We have been losing our moral umbrella in
this country. Freedom is not just the right to do
as we please.
"Freedom,"
as Peter Marshall,
former Chaplain of the Senate, put it,
"is the
opportunity to please to do that which is right."
Therefore, I try to remind young people to keep
on striving for maturity (they hate that "M"
word).
Young people will often counter with,
"but
you can't define maturity!"
Well, can you do a
job without being supervised? Can you carry
money without spending it? When you make a
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