How to raise a child

Raising children is simple. "Simply love them. Love them. Love them."

Of course those lines come from an old movie and everything is more cut and dried in movies than in real life.

Love means doing the right thing so a child can not only survive, but thrive in the world and that means different things for different children.

All children need to learn about truth and honesty. Without that their credibility will always be suspect. Next, they need to understand dependability, both who is dependable in their lives and that they are held accountable by others.

And finally they must know they are valuable members of this world whether they are lawyers, programmers, street sweepers, cooks, or caretakers. Each one as important as the next if we want the world to be clean, orderly, fair, and loving.

A world that values the bankers above the gardener might be a very hungry world indeed.