As a child growing up, no one ever tailored anything to suit my needs. I had to live in a home, go to a school and a church where the rules and regulations were already in existence and I had to fashion myself in a way that was compatible to existing conditions. And, boy, am I glad. Because frankly, I can’t think of anything worse than trying to make it to adulthood with the false belief that the world was going to cater to my whims and fancies.
Youths need more structure
Monday, August 20, 2007 | 10:55 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:13 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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