Does anyone (besides me) remember the adorable (and all-too-believable) commercial "The North American House Hippo"? The mythical creature stars in a 1999 Canadian public service announcement that cautions viewers to consider what they consume, and become aware of life's harsh realities.
The tone in this story immediately reminded me of the house hippo or a radio monologue. The piece is rich with irony and blatantly attacks our society's dependence of instructions and the ability to answer anything on Google. Lines such as "Either way, your child will learn to distinguish imaginary monsters from the real terrors of living and dying" and "It is perfectly natural, and your child will learn a valuable lesson about tolerance and diversity" poke fun at our over-analytic worries and expectations, especially those of parents.
The moral of this story is that life lessons must be experience authentically; there are too many "ifs" and "buts" in life to plan epiphanies.
The tone in this story immediately reminded me of the house hippo or a radio monologue. The piece is rich with irony and blatantly attacks our society's dependence of instructions and the ability to answer anything on Google. Lines such as "Either way, your child will learn to distinguish imaginary monsters from the real terrors of living and dying" and "It is perfectly natural, and your child will learn a valuable lesson about tolerance and diversity" poke fun at our over-analytic worries and expectations, especially those of parents.
The moral of this story is that life lessons must be experience authentically; there are too many "ifs" and "buts" in life to plan epiphanies.