A Good Father

Children regularly ask their parents for things that would be bad for them. “Dad, can I have this candy?” is a regularly heard petition at the check-out line in grocery stores. The answer a good father will give his child is no. Why? Because the father has more wisdom than his foolish young child. The father knows the candy bar will spoil the child’s dinner, or will cause her to feel sick later because of all the sugar. A good parent knows that the worst thing in the world for a child would b...