The root of character, creativity, courage, compassion, community
In the animal kingdom, the newborns of some species are ready to fend for themselves as soon as they hit the ground running, or at least wobbling.
A Homo sapiens newborn, by contrast, needs parenting for a long time. The main function of any parent in any species is to do whatever it takes to make sure their offspring survives.
Parenting is not a popularity contest. It is not a parent’s job to be a child's best friend, confidant, cook, chauffeur, laundry cleaner, social secretary, school counselor, marriage advisor, loan officer, or any such thing.
However, in the service of whatever it takes to assure the offspring’s survival and wellbeing, every parent has to do most if not all of these (and many other) things at one time or another.
It is my belief that the single most important gift with which a parent can endow a child is AMOMO = “a mind of my own.”
This is the first installment of my writings about AMOMO.
I start with a minimeditation on blind spots.
Continue reading here . . .
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