Parenting

Illustration★★★★

A father had given his son a globe of the world. One night he
slipped into the boy’s room to look up a spot on the globe.
The little fellow woke up and asked, “What are you doing with
my world?”
Plenty of youngsters might well ask us adults what we have
done with their world. Teenagers did not create our world situ-
ation today—they inherited it. What have we oldsters done
with their world?

— Hawvner

The point

A child's innocent question 'What are you doing with my world?' challenges adults to consider their stewardship of the next generation's future.

Audience

Adults

Tone

Thought-Provoking · Convicting

To tell aloud

under a minute · 75 words

Subjects

Legacy Responsibility Parenting Stewardship

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