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them. You cannot just let go of them. It is too dangerous. (P.19)
A father was delighted when his child was tugging at his
moustache. “Look! How cute! He is pulling my moustache!” he
laughs. For goodness’ sake, what is going to happen if you allow
him to do as he pleases and you don’t say anything to the child?
All he has to do is give the child a little pinch so the child will come
to realize that he is doing something wrong. The child should not
be beaten; just a tiny pinch will suffice.
(P.20)
One man calls out to his wife who is cooking in the kitchen.
She calls back, ‘What do you want? I am cooking!’ He yells
back “Come here, come quickly, come quick!’ She comes running,
“what is it?” she asks. ‘Look! Look how clever our son has
become’, he points to their toddler. ‘He stood up on his tiptoes
and reached into my coat pocket and took out some money!’
The toddler thinks to himself, ‘this is the best thing I have done
today. Now I know how to do this kind of work!’ In essence, he
has become a thief. So what happens next? It becomes instilled in
the child’s knowledge that to sneak money out of someone’s pocket
is an acceptable act.
(P.21)
The fool! He should be ashamed of himself. What kind of
a father is he? Does he even understand the kind of encouragement
his child has received? In stealing, his child feels that he has
accomplished something remarkable. Should the father at least
not have some understanding of what to say in order to encourage
or discourage his child? These are all uncertified fathers and
untested mothers! If the father is a radish and the mother is a
carrot, what are the children going to be like? Certainly not
apples!
(P. 22)
Parents of this era of the time cycle really do not have any
skills or knowledge of how to raise children and often give them
wrong encouragement. When they go out, the wife insists that the