Baby at Steak

photo: thebrentmccoy.com


Give it to them slowly, one piece at a time.
Tell them “No” – not “Maybe”
and  don’t give a steak to a Baby.
Be patient and kind; Stern when you need to be,
tell them only what they can understand.
Don't drive yourself crazy.  Don’t give a steak to a baby.
Give them a job when they are young
or they may grow up lazy, but likewise again,
don’t give a steak to a Baby. They don't take the trash out at Two.
So no matter what you do, don't give a steak to a baby, 
They surely will fail. 
Read them a nursery rhyme, not a fable;
It’s too much to swallow until they are able
to digest it - the answer to a riddle
or until they have guessed it 
for themselves. 

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