If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Continuation of lineage depends on reproduction by the previous generation.
- In plain terms
- You exist because your parents had kids.
- What can you take from it?
- Acknowledge your origin and dependencies.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What debts do you owe to prior generations?
- How do you view your place in a chain?
Another view
It simplifies complex social and cultural family dynamics.
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