Sam, age ten, said to his mother, “I wanna get that new Lego set I showed you.”
And this—along with endless other situations—is where parents almost always forget what their role is. We
parents are not kitchens designed to feed children. We’re not banks for dispensing money. It is not our job to make life only easy and fun. No, we’re here to love and teach our children.
Sam’s mom understood that, so she didn’t just say “Sure, we’ll get you one,” nor did she say, “No, you can’t have one.” Either of those answers would be too simple and would
teach Sam nothing.
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