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| How Different The World Is Now
by inhere at 9/10/2009 8:53:47 AM
One of my sons who has my youngest gradson ( 4 years old )asked me an important question the other day. " Dad, I know how you raised me and it's because of how you did it is the reason, well one of the reasons, I turned out to be who I am and I appreciated all your patience and the obvious wisdom you had in doind that. My question is: "How am I supposed to raise my son?"
I relly knew what he meant because the world is different today than it was thirty years ago. People, have different values and much more preasures on them then they used to have. We, as a society, have become desensitised with many issues. Now, you gotta' understand that my upbringing was somewhat different than the way I raised my sons and so, I used foresight to a large degree in raising him because I knew the world would change some.
I grew up in a very rough neighborhood and wanted more for my son so I set out doing what I had to do to give him a head start on a better life and thank God he responded to , what I call Good. I may have even protected him, them, a bit too much but I was a detective and saw too much of Bad in my life. Anyway, it worked out for them and I am proud of who they are.
Now........my grandson plays video games with his buddies, 4 and 5 years old mind you, that even Makes the bad guy win and rewards them also. How the hell.....?
I got shot twice, imprisoned in a hole for thirty days, died once in the ER. Had three accidents, was in half a dozen gun fights etc, etc, and you know, one gets a certain amount of wisdom going throuigh things like that and learns a lot about things. But, I have to say that based on what I learned it is very hard for me to "advise" on how to raise a kid today. All I can tell him is to make sure my grandson knows how to handle an AK - 47 as efficiently as he will do with a tea cup because he will need the knowledge each brings. I also believe in knowledge gained from college and the arts.
I hope some sincere people will give me some input and thank you for your time........
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