“Youth is wild, and requires many governors, teachers, directors, attendants, and tutors; and after all these, it is a happiness if it be restrained. For as a horse not broken in, or a wild beast untamed, such is youth. But if from the beginning, from the earliest age, we fix it in good rules, much pains will not be required afterwards; for good habits formed will be to them as a law.” — St. John Chrysostom
It started with strict bedtimes that were enforced in grade school and this evolved into a strict curfew in High School on week-ends. My dad would always be at the door at 1130 PM to analyze my state of mind and ask a few questions to see my level of coherency. There was a deep Faith, and a loving discipline in our home and I am really grateful to my parents for going the extra mile in “forming” us! They taught me to respect them and God, and this foundation was fundamental and transformational for my adult life.
