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The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
"Well that's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
I actually really love Shel Silverstein's poetry, but as hard as I try to appreciate this book, the more I think about it, the more I dislike it.
What is it teaching children, anyway? Entitlement? To be a selfish, ravenous little punk?
To be selfless? There's a difference between sacrificial love and codependence. If the tree symbolizes the boy's mother, then she enabled her child to be an ungrateful miscreant.
Parenting isn't about giving your kids anything they want; it's about giving them what they need and teaching them to appreciate others.
I'm not sure why the usually inspiring and humorous Silverstein wrote this book, a depressing look at the blight of humankind.
"Well that's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
I actually really love Shel Silverstein's poetry, but as hard as I try to appreciate this book, the more I think about it, the more I dislike it.
What is it teaching children, anyway? Entitlement? To be a selfish, ravenous little punk?
To be selfless? There's a difference between sacrificial love and codependence. If the tree symbolizes the boy's mother, then she enabled her child to be an ungrateful miscreant.
Parenting isn't about giving your kids anything they want; it's about giving them what they need and teaching them to appreciate others.
I'm not sure why the usually inspiring and humorous Silverstein wrote this book, a depressing look at the blight of humankind.