I was sat watching TV tonight, her Ladyship was dozing after a hard day, George the Cat was purring and number 3 son had fallen asleep.
Number 2 son was talking on the phone to his girlfriend, number 1 was out selling finance to prospective home-buyers.
Know what? These sons of mine know that I am always on their side, no matter what they do. I can't think of anything that they could do to stop me loving them. There is certainly nothing that they could do that would make me shun them.
I think that JW's are crap parents. Children of JW's fear being abandoned. They know that they are only loved for what they do, they get no love for being what they are. I don't withold approval from my sons as a method of control. I love them for what they are, warts and all.
If one of them told me he was gay I wouldn't admonish him. If one committed an offence I would bollock him severely, but he would know that the situation would become normal again, very quickly, not like the endless reproaches of JW's.
My sons have confidence in my love for them, they know that I work things out from my heart. I have no need to consult magazines or age old Bible writings to deal with problems that may arise.
Sorry JW's, but in the parenting stakes, you just don't cut it.
Englishman.
..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.