Provoke Not Your Children To Anger
Do not with children
a contest of wills make-
for this only provokes
them to anger and is a mistake.
you might prevail
for the moment but
you cannot win, it will just
keep happening time and again.
Instead of contention
firm instruction is best-
provide an acceptable
alternative and avoid the test.
Give them a substitute
to claim as their own-
we can not dictate
to them when they are grown.
Or force on them
life’s path they must take-
nor choose for them
the decisions they make.
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