Related briefly to my previous post, it took me a long time to realize that whatever my parents told me when I was a child, THEY WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG.
Don't you hate that?
But yes, they were. When my mother told me to drink lots of water because it would help me be healthier, I didn't listen to her and she turned out to be right. Now I drink water all the time. When I got old enough to start writing checks, my father told me to write in all capital letters because it made it easier to see and there was less confusion. I dismissed that and told him that he was just distrustful of other people. I also told him that I hoped I would never turn out to be like him. It turns out that he was right all along. Capital letters DO help and they DO lessen confusion. I know because at the office where I work, I have to go through several forms that are handwritten and when parents write in all CAPS, it does make it easier to read. Of course, now I write in all capital letters when I'm filling out forms and writing checks. When my mother told me to comb my hair before I went out in public or to straighten out my shirt whenever I stood up, I just became irritated with her and thought that she was beign too picky. Now I realize that she's right. Whenever I had trouble opening a jar, my father told me to just put a rubber band around the lid and it reinforces grip and makes it easier to open. It turns out that he was right.
How do you like that?
There are plenty of other examples of course, but these are just ones I'm listing from off the top of my head. I wonder how is it that parents turn out to be right so often. Is it their age or experience? Is it the cumulative wisdom collected over decades of living? Or is it the fact that they're parents and have to take care of a human life? Sometimes, several human lives. Is it their role and love as a parent that makes them pay attention and become teachers? Mentors? Guides? Where would we be if not for our parents?
An orphanage I suppose. Or out of the streets. Maybe living in a foster home or shuttled from person to person. Maybe dead or sold into slavery. Then again, that was a rhetorical question.
Don't you hate that?
But yes, they were. When my mother told me to drink lots of water because it would help me be healthier, I didn't listen to her and she turned out to be right. Now I drink water all the time. When I got old enough to start writing checks, my father told me to write in all capital letters because it made it easier to see and there was less confusion. I dismissed that and told him that he was just distrustful of other people. I also told him that I hoped I would never turn out to be like him. It turns out that he was right all along. Capital letters DO help and they DO lessen confusion. I know because at the office where I work, I have to go through several forms that are handwritten and when parents write in all CAPS, it does make it easier to read. Of course, now I write in all capital letters when I'm filling out forms and writing checks. When my mother told me to comb my hair before I went out in public or to straighten out my shirt whenever I stood up, I just became irritated with her and thought that she was beign too picky. Now I realize that she's right. Whenever I had trouble opening a jar, my father told me to just put a rubber band around the lid and it reinforces grip and makes it easier to open. It turns out that he was right.
How do you like that?
There are plenty of other examples of course, but these are just ones I'm listing from off the top of my head. I wonder how is it that parents turn out to be right so often. Is it their age or experience? Is it the cumulative wisdom collected over decades of living? Or is it the fact that they're parents and have to take care of a human life? Sometimes, several human lives. Is it their role and love as a parent that makes them pay attention and become teachers? Mentors? Guides? Where would we be if not for our parents?
An orphanage I suppose. Or out of the streets. Maybe living in a foster home or shuttled from person to person. Maybe dead or sold into slavery. Then again, that was a rhetorical question.
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