dedalus Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Your Mum and Dad wanted you to have all the things they’d never had so they made your life a misery. The years have flown and you’re on your own: What a pissery! Thought that you’d be happy? Adult life is different, adults employ the art of the shifting "maybe". But you ever recall the girl or boy you were: a modern baby in his nappy stands a better chance! Still you make your way through the maze and sway to the rhythms of the dance for this life both sad and gay unfolds in new and brighter days than Mum and Dad ever had. --------------------------------------- second version: Your Mum and Dad wanted you to have all the lovely things they never had and so they made your life a misery. Now the years have flown and you’re on your own: Christ God, what a bleedin pissery! You thought that you’d be happy? Adult life is different, adults employ the fancy art of the shifting "maybe" but you always recall the girl or boy you were: a modern baby in a nappy stands a better chance! Stumbling ineptly through the maze you sway to the rhythms of the dance for this life is sad and sometimes gay and unfolds in new and brighter days than Mum and Dad ever had. (I knew I was on to ~something~ in the original but it was pretty awful in poetic terms. When in doubt, sleep on it. Yes, there is an echo of Larkin and THAT poem!) Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 The world changes more rapidly with each generation yet the problems of parenting remain the same.How to provide, educate, guide and instill values and responsibility into young minds that are more interested in socializing and 'must have' gadgets-- . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Leave them alone, I was thinking ... but you can't really. Stupider people than you get a hold of them, otherwise. I have only the one daughter but through design, good luck and chance ... not to mention her own solid common sense: kids work things out for themseles ... she turned out great. If anything bad or arbitrary should happen to her after all that I would be totally destroyed. That's the downside of having kids. There's too much love involved. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 We can only hope that parental love is accepted and interpreted in a positive way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 ! ! ! ! Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansalinger Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 in an instant we go from children to parents learning to navigate this world while at the same time trying to raise and guide our children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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