A moving post for anyone with children who thinks about offering them unconditional support but hoping that the traditions and values imparted to them will stick. After all, isn't that a core message of the Haggadah--from generation to generation. But most parents also want their children to be indendent and that means they choose how to live and structure their lives. It is essential for parents to be able to see how they helped set a foundation for the choices made by children. To your parents: יישר כחך. Good for them
A moving post for anyone with children who thinks about offering them unconditional support but hoping that the traditions and values imparted to them will stick. After all, isn't that a core message of the Haggadah--from generation to generation. But most parents also want their children to be indendent and that means they choose how to live and structure their lives. It is essential for parents to be able to see how they helped set a foundation for the choices made by children. To your parents: יישר כחך. Good for them
Being on nodding terms with our former selves is core to becoming our current and future selves. Thank you and your dad for modeling this so tenderly.