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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (189184)	6/25/2022 4:51:00 PM
From: TobagoJack	6 Recommendations Recommended By Arran Yuan fred woodall gg cox marcher Pogeu Mahone and 1 more member Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217755

Re <<inspired education you and your wife are giving to your two children>> ... thank you Haim, means much to me. However, and a big one, my role in their education ... - made available my DNA - provided a home that did not breakup - answered my wife's mostly multiple-choice questions - dialogued w/ my wife whenever she wished to, but always and absolutely always leaving wife to call the shots, and noted always that these decisions were 'joint-decisions' so that a situation never crops up whereby I want to say, "you did ..." as opposed to "we did a mistake" - prayed once wife called the shots, and kept quiet unless asked questions With the kids, I ... - backpacked / push-carted each on daily walks when they were between the ages 3 months - 3 years - took each to standing Sunday one-on-one breakfasts when each was between the ages of 5 - 10 - explained why 'never procrastinate', 'always talk to people', 'keep word', 'never whine', 'do it right better than do it over', 'do it over if wrong', 'never lie', 'never mistreat', etc etc etc, and 'why gold' and most important, by various stories, teaching them the differences between good and bad folks, and that they should hang out with the good folks - answered their questions (they were generally questions having nothing to do w/ school work. I know the Coconut only asked me 3 math questions at age 7, and check her college application essays. Jack asked a few more math questions) - Coconut asked at age 10, 'dada, how does a ballerina make a living', and I answered, 'I do not know', googled there and then, and showed her what I found, mathematically concluded, 'they teach' and 'somebody sponsored them' - got each their Kindle (Coconut @ age 6, Jack @ age 8) - told them my stories - took them places - left them alone except did allow the Jack to assemble his own computer on asking, and asked Jack to keep to work area good-housekeeping and PC enclosure cable-management practices I most likely missed many points by above summary, but they are the highlights.