Parenthood

I recognize that what I pass on to my progeny on a person-to-person level is my greatest gift to them. Anyone can give from the excess of their possessions, but a gift of self to another person has more power to sustain than money or things. I can pass pain, alienation and misunderstanding down through the generations, or I can pass a willingness to love and compromise. I can teach my children to live for the beauty and mystery of life or to live for accolades and status. When I share who I really am with my children and grandchildren, I am giving them what no one else can - gifts they can draw strength from for a lifetime. When I withhold from and short-change my children and grandchildren, I am cheating them and their society because they are the culture makers of tomorrow.

What I pass on matters.

Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche more profound than anything Marx dreamed of. It means valuing parenthood as much as we value banking.
Polly Toynbee