Not everyone tells the truth all the time. In a thirty-some-year-old sexual assault charge, who know what happened? Memories cloud, memories fade, whatever. So what is the mother of a son supposed to teach her son to protect him from someone else’s memory which may or may not be correct?
Yesterday PJ Media posted an article that all teenagers and mothers and fathers of teenagers should read. The title of the article is, “How to ‘Christine Blasey Ford-Proof’ Your Son.”
The article includes a number of suggestions on how to avoid the circus we are now seeing in Washington. This is the list:
- Take him to church and make sure the lessons stick
- Train him to document any unusual circumstance
- Teach your son to assume he will one day have a position of high importance and encourage him to live accordingly
- Don’t trust women
The author of the article elaborates on each principle and why it is there. The fact that anyone would even think any of this is necessary is a sad commentary on our society, but we are watching the potential destruction of a man’s life and his accuser’s life over something that happened thirty-some years ago. That is truly sad.
I would also note that there was a time when simply teaching your son to respect women was adequate. I am not sure that we still live in that time.