Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Loved I Two Children Equally Well, Though They Were Different As Heaven and Hell.... The one child (from the perspective of a parent anyway) is perhaps easier to swallow right now than the other . Because it would seem, at least, that she (the daughter) is on the path to self-fulfillment, career success, and independence. God, what more could a parent want... What she lacks in self-esteem and finesse, she makes up for in hard work and good values. She is a worker... She will slog through anything that needs getting done and will give 150% to get it done.
He (the son) is equally smart but does just enough to get by whilst finessing the world in his game of life. He is a player. He has self-esteem coming out of his ears and no shortage of finesse. But he does not work hard and will lie unabashedly if it suits his agenda. But it is he, not she, that often 'scores' in the game just by virtue of his connections, player skill, whatever...
She (the daughter) is already lining up a summer internship. I have no clue what his (the son's) post-college-graduation plans are other than they shan't be spent at the house of Anna Bloviations.
The better path? I have no clue. The world is much too fluid at the moment. Darwinian milestones seem to come and go at rates much too fast to determine survival of the fittest.
He (the son) is equally smart but does just enough to get by whilst finessing the world in his game of life. He is a player. He has self-esteem coming out of his ears and no shortage of finesse. But he does not work hard and will lie unabashedly if it suits his agenda. But it is he, not she, that often 'scores' in the game just by virtue of his connections, player skill, whatever...
She (the daughter) is already lining up a summer internship. I have no clue what his (the son's) post-college-graduation plans are other than they shan't be spent at the house of Anna Bloviations.
The better path? I have no clue. The world is much too fluid at the moment. Darwinian milestones seem to come and go at rates much too fast to determine survival of the fittest.
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