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You can't run away 
from your problems
when your behaviour 
is your problem

It's the willing worker 
that gets the work
but some times being willing
leaves you open to abuse

fear of losing 
some one you love
can have your anger
drive them away

how many times 
must you walk 
down the road of anger
before you realise

that your anger 
is your problem 
How many times
must you watch
 
your child taking drugs
before you realise 
your drug problem
taught them, 

that drugs were fun
that smile when you got drugs
taught your child 
that drugs were fun

you spend night after night
yelling at your kids 
and wonder 
why don't they listen

I watched a man 
sit on the couch
complaining about the kids
"they're animals"

"Look at then throwing spaghetti"
perhaps the kids behaviour
might have been better
if he sat a supervised the kids

Like any behaviour 
kindness is taught
if a child kicks his ball 
onto the roof 

you can teach him to hate you
by telling him 
he'll never get it back
or teach him you care

by climbing onto the roof
and retrieving the ball
the way you speak
teaches your children

how to speak
I sat in the back ground 
listening to the children at play
Gordan raised his voice

"You'll do as I say,
It's my way or the highway" 
the words of his uncle
repeated by

the mouth of the child
Psychologists want to blame
either the child or the parents
but for me 

the problem is more complex
to me it's more like percentages
granted the child makes decisions
with courage and confidence

They could study and become that doctor
but where does courage and confidence 
come from, is it nature or nurture
what make a child's personality

Courage and confidence
builds from success
I remember my son
trying out for the cricket team

hit the ball for a six
all of his peers gasped and said 
"look at that"
from there on 

you could not stop him
playing cricket
Watching my father drunk and violent
taught me to have fear and self doubt

Half the size of the adults
I felt like a failure 
because I didn't 
stand up to stop their arguments

when you teach a child
to walk across a bean
you teach them to build confidence
your teach them to have balance

you teach them to overcome their fear
when you teach a child
to respect you 
by getting the ball off the roof

you teach your child to respect adults
confidence and respect build success
teaches like children that respect them
success builds on success
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