John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter of Advice to His Lovesick Teenage Son
Write a kid-you-love a letter advising them on romantic relationships. For them to read when they’re 18.
Catherine Gray • The Unexpected Joy of Being Single
A YOUNG FATHER'S LETTER TO HIS SON
You are only a little fellow now -- a trifle over 14 months old; but I have loved you so dearly since you came that it has been on my mind to write you a letter in the event of my being taken away at any time before I have had a chance to tell you many things which you need to know.
Your father wants his Boy first o
... See moreMaturity means acknowledging that Romantic love might only constitute a narrow and perhaps rather mean-minded aspect of emotional life, one principally focused on a quest to find love rather than to give it, to be loved rather than to love. Children may end up being the unexpected teachers of people many times their age, to whom they offer—through
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