Conflabs with Myself: Children and Expectations
Conflabs with Myself Most of us go through life following a certain or expected plan that had long been established for our life and growth within the familial line. What I mean is, most of us become programmed to follow a certain path. There is no wrong in that, but life throws curve balls into the mix to smash things up a bit. Mom or Pop was an athlete and little Johnny is absolutely not. Mom or Pop is a fantastic cook and little Jenny burns toast but, little Johnny makes a mean Pasta Fagioli. High School Jenny had the familial expectation to date a nice boy; she instead brings home nice Gina. High School Johnny was taught that boys do not cry, they buck up and take it, but a bully sends him home in tears every day. The same could happen with Jenny. These monkey wrenches in the life paths parents have long charted for their children can certainly cause great familial distress and discourse. When I was in my senior year of high school, my dad wanted...