Sunday, April 10, 2016

Acquiesce

There is one reason you scream at me, put me down, tell me it didn't happen and then walk away.   It worked.   What can a child do but acquiesce.   They can't move out.  They can't ask for some third party intervention, and they can't fight back.  Acquiesce.

And if that isn't sick enough, a pattern gets set.   As an adult, much of my life, I have acquiesced.   What is more fundamental than a son's need for his father's love and approval?