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How should we teach our children about "fairness?"
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July 2, 2011
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(6) Richard, August 31, 2011 3:01 PM
He doesn't know a fathers essential educational duties.
The whole sad story of the jealousy expressed by Joseph's brothers, who ended up selling him as a slave, started because their father Jacob showed favouritism in front of them by giving Joseph a special garment. The Talmud teaches us that this was a sad mistake on Jacob's part. We must learn from this that sibling rivalry can easily be caused by a parent's error and we should be careful not to give ourselves problems by showing favouritism in front of others. Yes, a hard lesson to learn and many of us have possibly fallen foul on this point more than once!
(5) Alan Densmore, July 14, 2011 9:17 PM
desires versus needs
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need." Rolling Stones
Mitsy Ganer, July 28, 2011 7:08 AM
You forgot an older reference...
Talmud - Everything God does is all for the best. Gam zu L'tova!
(4) Anonymous, July 13, 2011 4:24 PM
that's not nice
The father's answer," make sure your friend has enough," is beautiflul. and also that when he gave her the candy, he told her to also give some to her sister.And children do have to learn that the one who needs, gets, and when he needs, he'll also get, like a new pair of shoes, for instance. There is another point, that if you always go crazy to make sure every thing is exactly equal, then you are teaching them wrong ideas, and in the end, you'll be using a tape measure when you cut the cake and they will never be happy and always worried that the next one got more. BUT this clip was NOT about needing or not, nor was it about getting a bigger peice of cake. It was simply that one kid got it all and the other got none of it. Personally, I don't think that was nice at all and I would never do such a thing to my children or grandchildren. Nor to my guests for that matter. Otherwise the clip was excellent.
(3) Anonymous, July 5, 2011 8:16 PM
David's P J O Rourke quote - thanks so much!!!!
That is the best response I have ever heard to this cry. For a child, that is someting they can hear. The real response is, of course, that being fair means everyone gets what they need. And most of the time, G-d works that out!
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