There's been a prompt going around regarding Jewish people who have changed our lives. This lead me to, at lunch, talking about the parenting style of a Jewish friend of mine.
This man has raised his children to question authority in all it's bullshit forms, including his own. Such that when his children seek to rebel, they say something like "father, I trust you implicitly and will do as you say", which really irks him.
One of these boys, when a teacher gave some nonsensically dumb instruction, asked to go to the Principal's office to discuss. The teacher refused and told the boy the sit down; the kid's response was "Or what .... you'll send me to the principal?"
The whole family goes on marches for the rights of others. He works on voter registration, and generally seems to care about others.
This is someone I know rather well, and many of you can likely guess who. I didn't have to look far.
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This is lovely.
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