Friday, February 11, 2011

Why Some Parents Fail - Part 6

Some parents fail because they are - Not Committed
     The story is told about a farmer walking over his farm with a friend.  The friend went on about his healthy & fine flock of sheep.  The friend finally asked the farmer, "How have you succeeded is raising such a flock?"  Farmer simply answered, "I take care of my sheep."  The difference of the sheep was that the farmer was committed to them.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Why Some Parents Fail - Part 5

Parents fail because they are - Not Conscience
       I remember having a portable stereo (boom box) when I was a kid.  Yes, they're obsolete now, but back then everybody had one.  The main feature on a boom box was the dual cassette player (also obsolete).  With a cassette player, you had a record button.  You could record a song right off of the radio or even make a copy of another tape.  But one of the funnest things was to record somebody talking or singing.  Especially when they didn't know you were doing it.  The one thing I learned was that the tape recorder was unbiased in it's job. It would only record what it heard.  Nothing more and nothing less.