I ask you to answer the following questions for yourself, and you will understand whether you are raising your children or not:

  1. Name the five friends of your child. Are you satisfied with these friendships? What good will appear in your children through these friendships?
  2. What are the last five books—the title and author—read by your child? Are you satisfied with his choice of literature? Do you tell your child what to read?
  3. What are your child’s hobbies? Do you control them? Do you influence your children’s hobbies? What is your opinion: will this passion grow into a profession?
  4. Did you check your child for talents or abilities for something?
  5. How do you see your child when he is 20, 25, and 30 years old?

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For all installments from In the Shadow of the Belt, click here.

Previous installments:

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: Early Childhood
  3. Chapter 2: School? This is Just the Beginning, Baby…
  4. Chapter 3: Cognizing Life
  5. Chapter 4: Football as it Is
  6. Chapter 5: My Friend Sasha Bichukov
  7. Chapter 6: Score
  8. Chapter 7: Again, the Transience of Being, Part 1
  9. Chapter 7: Again, the Transience of Being, Part 2
  10. Chapter 8: Old Colony, Part 1
  11. Chapter 8: Old Colony, Part 2
  12. Chapter 8: Old Colony, Part 3
  13. Chapter 8: Old Colony, Part 4
  14. Chapter 8: Old Colony, Part 5
  15. Chapter 9: School Again, Part 1
  16. Chapter 9: School Again, Part 2
  17. Chapter 10: Drama Studio
  18. Chapter 11: Basketball
  19. Chapter 12: Why Did I Join the Military?
  20. Chapter 13: Did I Hit My Children?
  21. Chapter 14: Reflections on Education
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