We Dearly Love Our Children

We Dearly Love Our Children By Franklin Price 1/2/2016 We dearly love our children And Our children's children too Our lives should be enriched by them And by everything they do If we think they're doing well We should always give a cheer And if we think it's not so good To tread lightly should be clear Our lives are what we make of them And theirs should be the same We should try to help and guide them To succeed should be the game Should try to wear their shoes awhile To walk a step or two See what their lives are all about Before we say what they should do Quite a precarious balance Between a parent and a child And as we each grow older That balance really drives us wild Then throw into this balance act A sweet grandchild or two And everyone within the line Wants to tell the others what to do This is when wise thinking Can make or change our luck We should put our minds in motion Before our mouths can run amuck Remember that to give a cheer Always tilts the scale our way But to balance other comments Will depend on what we say Think this thought before you speak “Will these comments pass or fail?” It's okay to tempt the balance But we don't want to break the scale