Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Creating children carries a heavy duty; failing them is a grave moral failure.
- In plain terms
- Making kids means you must not fail them.
- What can you take from it?
- Creation entails a duty not to fail.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you define failing them?
- What duty do you owe?
Another view
Perfection is impossible; all parents fail sometimes.
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