When we tell our children that they are not worthy of whatever future they choose, we already know that we are robbing our own future. We tell them by the tone of our voice. We tell them by the expression on our face. We tell them with our body language. We tell them with the fist across their face, or the belt across their back. We tell them with the money that is spent afterwards that tells them both “I am sorry” and “it is OK that I did that”. We tell them when we are not even home to have contact with them at all. We tell them when we tell them and when we don’t tell them; and we don’t tell them what we should tell them when we have time to tell them.

I believe there should be no more telling, simply healing. But it is not simple. This is why I wish to make it a full-time goal of mine. Each child should always know the enormous potential they have, and the vast amount of control they do have over the years to come.