What I object to is the disbelief that the optimum is possible. I guess you could say, as Dallas said, "dreamy wonderful" parents. They ARE possible. I know many. This doesn't mean economic level, race or even religion. It means a man and a woman who delay sex until after their marriage, commit to stay together at least till death, and are completely faithful. Their children are welcome into their family and are raised in love and security. Their children learn to honor/trust men because they lived with and were loved by a father who taught them what a real man is. They learn to honor/respect womanhood through the example of their mother. They learn, by example, that loving the other gender is challenging, but beautiful at the same time. They learn to respect the other gender by the way their parents treat each other.
At the same time, it's possible for parents to teach honesty, kindness, integrity, honor, responsibility, and forgiveness, through example. It's possible to teach that hate is wrong. To teach that you can disagree with someone without hating them. And sometimes the hard road is the right road.
When it's possible, shouldn't we strive for it? For the sake of children? Don't they deserve the best we can give them? Or do we put our own wants first?
