[ksen]

This exchange reminds of something I read by C. S. Lewis. It was in Mere Christianity. Lewis was talking about husbands and wives and the different roles God has for them vis-a-vis the family.

Anyway, the wife, he said, protects the family. She watches out for the kids and her husband and tries to defend them from attacks (verbal and mental not physical). The husband, on the other hand, is to protect the outside world from his wife. ;^)

He then gave an illustration that if you accidently injure little Johnny, who would you rather deal with, little Johnny's mom or little Johnny's dad? ;^)

[HairOfTheDog]

hehehehe

I had a great boss once who said something similar that could be applyed to families too. It was one of his "team vision" talks we got when the staff were bickering amongst ourselves. Staff were snitching on each other.

He said something like: "Your job is not to turn each other in to me. Your job is to protect each other from me, and protect me from the outside, so I can protect us all."