My dad's dead and I often look back to think of what he taught me - he rarely spoke and hated kids. However, when I was about 5 he taught me how to do dot-to-dot and draw ducks from the number 2. He was a navy man so when I was about 10 he taught me how to polish shoes, iron shirts and look after my school uniform.
My mum taught me to work until I dropped saying, "It's better to wear out as to rust out!" She also taught us all to give people anything that they admire if they come into our homes - coz Bible says, "If you've two coats give one away." Plus they're only 'things'.
From watching her we learnt to give to charity, beggars, thank all service staff and to tip well. Never to say anything that might hurt someone's feelings but not to be a coward if attacked!
We learned NOT to use violence on our kids, and not to scream at them like a lunatic - as she always did!
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My dad's dead and I often look back to think of what he taught me - he rarely spoke and hated kids. However, when I was about 5 he taught me how to do dot-to-dot and draw ducks from the number 2. He was a navy man so when I was about 10 he taught me how to polish shoes, iron shirts and look after my school uniform.
My mum taught me to work until I dropped saying, "It's better to wear out as to rust out!" She also taught us all to give people anything that they admire if they come into our homes - coz Bible says, "If you've two coats give one away." Plus they're only 'things'.
From watching her we learnt to give to charity, beggars, thank all service staff and to tip well. Never to say anything that might hurt someone's feelings but not to be a coward if attacked!
We learned NOT to use violence on our kids, and not to scream at them like a lunatic - as she always did!
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Juniper
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I'll bet once the local kids got wind of that ''give guests anything they admire'' thing, you had plenty of friends, but not many toys left.