To grow good people
What will bloom? Photo by Susanna Marsiglia on Unsplash The night before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I informed my eldest that in the morning, we'd be going to see a play, written for kids, called " His Truth is Marching On. " With his sweet, innocent face framed by his towel post-bath, my son tilted his head and asked, "Is it funny?" "Um, well ... um, probably not, because King worked on a lot of serious topics and—" He cut me off. "Well, it's for kids, so I think it'll probably be funny," he said with great authority. "We'll see, honey," was all I said. "We'll see." --- I've been a parent for 7+ years, and I'll be honest: My deepest fear is that I will fail at teaching my children how to be kind, loving people. I didn't worry as much about this when they were little and our broader societal and governmental context felt more stable and predictable. But my fear has intensified under the...
