Williams: Union To Focus On Detroit Three, Transplants, Elections

Ultimately the side we chose

Loubc, forgive me if I have completely misunderstood your argument. If so, have mercy. My response is that you have no choice but to teach your children just the opposite. They will face choices throughout their lives and they will be responsible for the decisions that they make. Life will never be fair but they will be measured by their responses to the challenges they face. Tragedy can strike anyone and nothing is guaranteed, but in a free and prosperous nation, you can choose your own path. You may not be able to guarantee the success you seek, but you can certainly guarantee failure. That is why I so much regret what is happening to the "free and prosperous" nation I once knew. Much has improved on a social level, but much has been lost economically. The two need not have been linked. The decline is agonizing to behold, and almost entirely self-inflicted.

@thelaine - and "the side we chose" tends to be dictated by emotions and paradigm. There are many that argue that we don't have much choice.

@Lou_BC Loubc - And yet, over time, with experience, many people change their outlook. People who are immune from change despite the experiences of life are often either emotionally crippled or live in a cloistered bubble, such as academia.

@thelaine - I do fully agree with your last statement. I do try to educate my children about the fact that life isn't fair. Every parent has heard their kids stomp up and down and utter that remark. One does have the choice to give up or to soldier on. I also try to explain to them that the feel good ideology of "it doesn't matter what you do as long as you fell good about yourself" rarely ever puts food on the table. I do fear for my children's future and I will do everything possible to give them the tools to be happy and prosperous. It will be ultimately up to them to decide what happiness and prosperity is to them. In line with my comments about how we are hardwired to react, one would expect that my two sons would act and behave the same way to stimuli since upbringing are similar but both are completely different in how they act. My youngest has the incredible ability to overcome "nerves" and sing in front of hundreds or thousands of people whereas my other son struggles in a small group of new people. My youngest also has an incredible memory and ability to learn new things but he gets frustrated if he has to push harder to learn. My oldest doesn't have that memory but has a better ability to stubbornly persevere. My oldest has quite the ability to see and think three dimensionally but is very "black and white". My youngest is very artistic and can see the nebulous. If one does not take those factors into account one would not be a good parent. One needs to understand what makes people do what they do. It helps walk a mile in someone else's shoes. I work on that aspect because it makes me better at my job and better with my kids. (That is my hope)