1 Parents! Stand Up! Prologue
Time to read: 6 minutes Dogmatics, conceived as immutable doctrines, are not confined to the Church. They rule everywhere, in the army, in the courtroom, in the school. Jan Ligthart, In Sweden, 1911 In our small house the fire is burning in the kitchen because winter is not over yet. Every day at about two o'clock we feel the heat of the sun increasing, but to my husband's delight it is absolutely necessary by five o'clock to light the fire. My grandson looks at me expectantly. In his blue eyes I recognize something that makes me melancholy. I allow it for a moment. Just a moment. Fortunately, his compelling hand gets me out of my thoughts in time. Come on grandma, play with me, it says. And I let myself be drawn. To his blocks. We build a tower. Oh little boy, you have a whole life before you. It looks so wonderful now, that life. Safe with mom and dad, who will do everything for you. Your world is...