If ever given the change
Don't encourage your sons and daughters to be kind. Kindness for the sake of kindness is faulty. Kindness shouldn't be a personal trait, but a moral concession. Teach them better things instead. Honesty. Competency. Hard-work. Boundaries. The world has no patience to those without them. It will wage a war against them, so teach them to be prepared to fight. Don't abandon them in the battle of Life with flowers in their heads and no guns in their hands. You are the veteran, you know it.
You are not their friend. And you are not the enemy. You are a parent. Might as well be a good one. Good luck.














