To Thereafter Teach

[thisnewday]

One of the good things about having to talk to kids, about things they're not getting right in their responses to life, is that it compels us to think about our own and, from that place, to thereafter teach by example.

In that way, being a parent or grandparent or adult mentor can help make us better people because we'll sometimes do for them what we might not otherwise do for ourselves...

LPK
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5.20.2012 (a)