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…because I’m no more proud of him than I am already.

I am terribly proud of both my children’s accomplishments. Considering the family life they had (dad being away because of the military and the downfall and eventual divorce of their parents), they have both grown up to be contributing members of society.

They have charted their lives well, even with the ups and downs associated with it and come out on top.

A lot of this I have to give credit to them. I’d like to take more credit, but I can’t as I’ve never felt that I was doing the best possible job as their father.

Now many of you will say “Karl…no parent is perfect” and that’s true.

However, at the end of the day I can assess my part and in their outcome as adults, as well as my influence which was not as much as it should have been. Maybe, in some way that made them better people…I honestly do not know. What I do know is that there were opportunities to be a better dad and I chose not to take them.

I’m not apologizing or making excuses here…just stating the facts. LATER: OK in rereading that line it does sound apologetic <shrug>.

The good thing is that I do have a good relationship with my kids. Could it be better? Maybe.

I will say that watching them mature into adulthood has made me very proud. The choices they’ve made to date have been good ones for both of them and the path laid out before themselves is pretty rock solid…all things considered.

I know that my son’s decision to join the Navy was a good one. He didn’t join for the money. He didn’t join because he didn’t have a career path. In his own words “I want to give something back to America other than Fuckin’ taxes. I love this country!” He did ask for my counsel and in the end he made a great choice in moving forward in his life.

And who knows? Maybe he’ll meet his wife the way his dad did…during advanced school after basic training.

It worked for me and, in the end, while the marriage did not pan out I got two blessings that I can’t begin to describe how happy I feel for recieving them.

You a good man Paul LeRay and a Lena, you’re a fine young lady.

I love you both.

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bloomberg: Porn Viewed By Almost Half of Kids, Often Mistakenly

The above article just continues to prove the fact that when it comes to internet advancement Porno is King!

Whether you agree with the morals or not, Pornography has pushed internet development to where it is now. Online images, streaming media, videos and electronic commerce all come directly from the Porn industry’s early adaption of new technology that allow “customers” the assumed privacy of accessing the content in their homes with no “brown paper wrapped” packages (with things like a “back massager” in the mail).

So it should be no surprise that they lead the charge in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as well. Before the Government closed them down, if you surfed to http://whitehouse.com instead of http://whitehouse.gov, you’d end up with a different view of White House Antics.

The moral of this story? If parents are surprised by this then they are not DO THEIR JOB! Parents are entrusted with the responsibility of managing what their children do (shocking, but true). It does not need to be a fanatical facist kind of thing, but just be aware of what your children do and talk to them. I have learned that my children feel they can tell me things that I find most parents a) don’t want to hear or b) don’t want to know about their children which in my opinion, is simply lubricious.

Because of those talks, I don’t worry about my children’s whereabouts or doings…much. It’s not to say I’m always happy with their choices, but at the same time I also feel that they trust me enough as a parent to tell me things and listen to my guidance – sometimes to the point of following it even.

After all, Jeffery Dahmer’s parents admitted they knew he was “doing something odd in the basement” but thought nothing of it and look how their son ended up.

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Well Lena has arrived and is safely in Kushiro, Japan.  I will assume
that she is doing well as she has not updated her
blog yet.  She
will be there for a year (at least) and is well on her way to becoming a
successful young woman.  A father could not be more proud of her.

Of course I am equally proud of the boys also <grin>.

If you’re curious about the Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro Campus,
they have an English website (luckily) at:

http://www.hokkyodai.ac.jp/international/en/index.html.

More to follow as I know more….

Of course, being the Dad I doubt that will be in the immediate
future.
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Lena’s back for the holidays…sort of. With her school/work schedule she couldn’t actually make it down for Christmas or New Years. She’ll be here from the 3rd through the 10th of January.

Dunno if she has anything planned out, but it’s just going to be nice to have her home for a bit.

Mebbie it’s just a dad being sentimental, but all I can think of is what a wise man once told me when she was born, “they grow up too fast for you.”

I now know how other parents feel when their children depart the nest….

She already want’s to get the car and visit people .
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