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Lights, Camera, Parenting!

I   have    taught  you the way of  wisdom;

I   have    led you in  the paths

of  uprightness.

When    you walk,   your    step    will

not be  hampered;

and if  you run,    you will    not stumble.

Proverbs    4:11-12

A fifty-year-old man approached a musician and asked, “Can you teach

me to play the trombone so I can play in the town civic band and in
parades and other things?”
“Sure,” the musician said.
“How long will it take?” the aspiring trombonist asked.
“Well,” the musician said, “I could teach almost anybody to play
anything he wanted to play in five years’ time.”
“Five years!” the would-be student said. “I’ll be fifty-five years old by
then!”
“Yes, you will,” the musician returned. “And how old will you be in
five years if you don’t learn how to play the trombone?”