Daughter:
Called the dealership. They know you are coming.
Dad:
Just left Donaldson.
Daughter:
Oh boy!!! I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas when they know
they're going to get their favorite present. Would it be too much to
ask you to bring it by here on your way back?
Dad:
I told your step-mom you would probably want to have me bring it to
your office. Ha! Ha! Should be no problem.
Daughter:
Oh thank you so much!!! You know me so well!!! Probably because you
raised me!!
Dad:
Yeah. You are TOO much like me!
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As
a former teacher, I developed a skill of knowing parents before I met
them. How? Kids mirror their parents. Want to know the parents? Study
the child.
Fact:
Parents are not perfect prototypes.
Fact:
Children learn patterns and paradigms from parents.
Fact:
Parents crave for their children to be an improved, more
sophisticated version of themselves.
How
is the cycle of mirror images shattered? Parents must habitually,
methodically drill until the converted, reformed, transformed, mature
person arrives. Kids see a demonstration
of
how to change for the better. If the parents do not try to improve,
how can the child know?
"Let
your light so shine before men
(including your children) in
such a way they may see your good works and glorify your Father who
is in heaven."
-- Matthew 5:16!
