My eldest came in and said, “Did you know parents are raising their kids to be just like them? Democrats raise Democrats. Republicans raise Republicans. I don’t get it. Then their views, they’re… They don’t think about what they believe.”

“Most people don’t think,” I told him. I hate to say it, but I know that it must be true, otherwise why would we have the political representation we have? “So what did we do wrong? I certainly am not raising yall to be just like me.”

“That’s it, Mom. That’s what you did wrong. You taught us to think.”