What parents teach their children
Mostly isn’t what they say,
But the way they live their lives
Those children witness every day.
If there’s kindness or there’s anger,
Lack of interest or support,
Kids learn quickly how their parents
May excel or come up short.
Offspring emulate behavior
In their folks that they admire
Or reject some ways of being
They’d be glad to see expire.
As they grow, without their knowing,
They absorb or let dissolve
Certain customs that they live with
As their grown-up selves evolve.
And as they approach adulthood,
They might find, with some surprise,
They’ve become their parents or
The opposite, in their own eyes.
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