I am trying to teach my five-year-old respect for elders but my own father drinks too much and says inappropriate things and I do not know how to navigate this contradiction.
More people experience this than they realize.
The tension between cultural reverence for age and the reality of human imperfection creates impossible moral terrain for parents.
“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.