Parents who demean do great harm

Parents who demean do great harm

I was enjoying a beautiful June evening when I witnessed something I will never forget. A father was teaching his son about baseball and how to play the game. Being about 4 years old, the boy needed encouragement rather that criticism. After watching for about two minutes, I could see the father was getting very annoyed. The father then ended the evening calling his son worthless, useless and another name which I cannot mention here.

I called my son in California and told hm about this. How can children grow up in a house (I can’t call it a home) where a parent bullies and demeans a child like this? No wonder we have a society where there is so much violence. If this is what children learn at home, they don’t know any better.

I would like to have wished a Happy Father’s Day to this boy’s so-called father, but I just could not get the words out. I hope that he gets some kind of help and one day realizes that having a child is a great responsibility that requires patience and love. Good luck to the young one; he will need it.

Marie Nalepa

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