as teenagers with what we thought was a superior education to our parents’ we would be emboldened to attempt to slide one by them only to find out that life education was superior to book education when it came to child psychology so without fail we would hear child don’t take that tone of voice with me or you’ll be sitting on your backside before that smirk leaves your face end of case
That kind of loving family ‘noise’, care about who you are, and who you might grow into is something I long for and have tried to give. Benign disapproval and oodles of loving care. You have an uncanny ability to put the reader in a setting, immerse them in your life, and it is a beautiful thing.
Thanks for the chuckle. My daughter and her 17 yo daughter went to an outing and it was reported to me that granddaughter was respectful and pleasant the whole time.
That kind of loving family ‘noise’, care about who you are, and who you might grow into is something I long for and have tried to give. Benign disapproval and oodles of loving care. You have an uncanny ability to put the reader in a setting, immerse them in your life, and it is a beautiful thing.
Thanks for the chuckle. My daughter and her 17 yo daughter went to an outing and it was reported to me that granddaughter was respectful and pleasant the whole time.