The dilemma, and the solution (Joint winner, Cramp.) |
When the baby was a baby The dilemmas were small How to change a diaper Or how long to bounce the ball. Then, the baby started to toddle And with that came playschool Now the dilemmas grew To what was, or was not cool. Then, through the years of learning Grades, or satisfaction? How much to command, how much to let them use their own discretion. Then the career, and the relationship And the dilemmas change How much do they share with you Or let you re-arrange? Then your baby has a baby Suddenly you're promoted To 'grandparent' but your techniques Are considered outmoded. Through it all, a parent wonders Are there other ways? Should I modernise with the times Or insist the tradition stays? Wouldn't it be nice to have A magic wand to wave To solve the dilemmas at each turn From the crib to the grave? To let the magic do the work To let the magic think To let the magic make decisions And do the washing in the sink! If every problem could just be solved With the utterance of a word Wouldn't we have an easy life Sighing and groaning never heard? But that doesn't seem to be the way Our inner peace to find We need to struggle for our happiness With our heart, our soul, our mind. |