tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post6504254463144792243..comments2024-03-29T16:58:01.576+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: Lessons at the mallArthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-48365440463370356322008-06-23T21:50:00.000+12:002008-06-23T21:50:00.000+12:00D: My own father became better and warmer has he (...<B>D:</B> My own father became better and warmer has he (and I) got older. But he ran out of time, dying before he could get to where he apparently wanted to be. That was his tragedy, made worse, I suppose, because by then I'd moved on.<BR/><BR/><B>Roger: </B>That's just it—my father wasn't cold, but he was very much trapped by the conventions of his day. I have no doubt that had he lived in a more modern time, he'd have been very different.<BR/><BR/>Still, it's good, I think, that people can take lessons from the past so that—literally—the sins of the fathers aren't visited upon the sons.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-21686321706296945382008-06-22T22:18:00.000+12:002008-06-22T22:18:00.000+12:00Yeah, while my father wasn't as cold as your fathe...Yeah, while my father wasn't as cold as your father apparently was, it has informed my behavior towards MY daughter Lydia.<BR/>BTW the word verification, I kid you not, is stifyes (stiff, yes).Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-40573076919740018122008-06-22T10:10:00.000+12:002008-06-22T10:10:00.000+12:00Yeah, my step-father (who is 40 years older than m...Yeah, my step-father (who is 40 years older than me), always thought children should be 'seen and not heard'. I hear he is more affectionate now with my niece, but little too late for me.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950430225424629417noreply@blogger.com