We Accidentally Role Model Daily

Mommy made the living and did all the housework.
Daddy was a thinker, a writer, a dreamer.
Mommy worked jobs for over sixty years.
Daddy was an idealist, an intellect, a planner.
He stayed in the house, writing his novels.

Children understood the message. 
Daughter has a sturdy marriage, she and her husband both work.
She has decided if he quits his job, she is gone.
Son understood the message too.
He is a dreamer, a write, he wants to be supported.
Yesterday his sixth wife divorced him.
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Hankins Avatar
March 7, 2022 at 9:58 AM
This is so true, so insightful. It seems like parents often do not realize the messages they are sending subliminally.
Krutsinger Avatar
March 7, 2022 at 10:22 AM
I often wonder "do they ever see it?" clearly like the rest of us do?
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