Aren’t they cute? Aren’t they sweet? When a child does something nice to or for us, we admire the courtesy, sweet disposition and mannerly demeanor. Everyone loves a young person with decorum and restraint. We can respect a well-mannered child as a person, a success.
What we have more trouble with is understanding that there is no difference in substance between the well-mannered child and the brat. The both have an inherent human dignity. The difference, really, can be laid at the feet of the parents. Likewise, there is no difference is essence between the parents and the children. They are all human. You see where this is going, right? Continue reading