Agent Double Zero

ISBN: 978-1-7770899-5-5

Spoiled brat on board. And over on the port side, the spoiled brat!

Seven years ago, I told a young father that he had exactly six years to educate his child. I had no idea at the time just how much he would ignore my advice. But OK. I get it. It's none of my business. Yet, I believe, and others say it too, that it's at this crucial point in their lives that parents should give their children lessons in life to keep them on the straight and narrow, education that will last them the rest of their short lives.

The mold is ready; children absorb everything they hear and see around them like sponges. Everything interests them. As their lives begin, why not start guiding their personalities right away and in the proper way? It’s doing them a favor to take the time to show them the ups and downs of life.

They should learn about authority, justice, humility, and more. They can't have everything just because they ask for it; there’s good and bad, ‘yes’ and ‘no’; and let’s not forget teamship in games―all basic lessons to lavish on those young minds that look up to us.

If parents have a duty to provide board and lodging and to see to the well-being of their children, they also have the obligation to