The best example of parenting…
An 80-year-old man sat on the couch with his 45-year-old college graduate son. Unexpectedly, a crow sat on the windowsill.
The father asked his son.
What is this?
“It’s a crow,” replied the son.
After a few minutes, my father asked again.
What is this?
Dad, I just answered you. “It’s a crow,” replied the son.
After a few minutes, my father asked a third time.
What is this?
This time, the son answered a little louder, already tense.
Why are you asking me the same thing when I have already answered you a thousand times: It IS a crow? You don’t understand what it is?
The father got up and went to his room. Then he came back with an old powdered diary that he had kept since his son was born. He opened the diary and asked his son to read what was written there.
When the son looked at the first page, he read the following words.
“Today my 3 year old son was sitting with me on the couch when suddenly a crow landed on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I said 23 times that it was a crow.
Every time he asked the same question, I hugged him gently. I was not anxious at all, just tenderness for my sinless child.
When a child asked 23 times. ” What is that? The father tenderly answered him 23 times, and when the father asked his son the same question only 4 times, the son showed anger as well as annoyance.
So…
If your parents are old, don’t neglect them or treat them like commodities. Speak to them with respect, shut up, listen to them and be generous. Take care of your parents.
