arcticorangutan on Nostr: Parental renunciation of sanctimony When we become parents, and we take the job ...

Parental renunciation of sanctimony

When we become parents, and we take the job somewhat seriously, we have to renounce most of our remaining tendencies towards sanctimony.

What I mean by this is that our children don’t seem to care much about what we say. They care about what we do. And it is what we do, that they eventually emulate.

This should be a concern to most parents whose actions are not yet up to par, i.e. all of us.

As an example my wife and I are realizing that the only way to have a chance at defeating the impending invasion of the smartphone into our daughter’s life, is to be the kind of people who don’t fill the unforgiving minute with mindless entertainment.

Could there be a more beautiful invitation to finally change?


Michelangelo’s “Doni Tondo (Doni Madonna)” (1507)