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Parents who are disappointed in their children should, many times, be looking in the mirror.

Your Children

Your Children
By Franklin Price
3/21/2016

Your children are your legacy
They are your heart and soul
What you are is part of them
It's written on the scroll

Provide for them the best you can
Mold them to what you want to see
Then let them grow to be themselves
Be the ones they want to be

Give love that's unconditional
In hopes they'll give it back
Don't think that they don't care for you
For something that you lack

Don't blame your troubles on them
They're not the parents here
What you see is what you've raised
The responsibility is clear

If ever ties are loosened 
And noses out of joint
Remember you're the parent
Somehow you've helped to reach this point

So get over how you're feeling
Tighten knots and fix the nose
After all you are the parent
And they're children that you chose

Children they are always
Yet grow up and off they go
Don't become that foolish parent
Who has children they don't know
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Quigley Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 11:51 AM
Very nice. I appreciate your philosophy very much!
Price Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 1:33 PM
Thanks Tom. It is not all about the parents...very littlr is about the parents if you're a good one
Lane Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 7:23 AM
It's not easy to be a parent, finding the line between being too hard and too lenient, but it pays off. My son and daughter are wonderful adults, and we're buddies. Thank you for your words of wisdom, Franklin.
Price Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 1:34 PM
Thanks for you appreciation. I'm so happy you have a good relationship with your children
Jabri Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 6:46 AM
Well said! such a wonderful piece...thank for this.
Price Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 1:35 PM
You're so welcome. Thanks for visiting
Raynes Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 6:29 AM
this is an amazing write, thanku mega heaps, my partner just read it to me and it touched both of us, thank you for a great poem. :)
Price Avatar
March 21, 2016 at 1:37 PM
When I wrote it, I didn't cry. when I read the nice comments and read it again, I did. thanks for being touched by it.
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