DO AS I SAY

by Pia Mattix Davis

​I was raised in a home in which the phrase “Do as I say, and not as I do”, was a primary parenting philosophy.  From premarital sex, to lying and everything in between I was expected to adhere to a moral standard which was not upheld in the home that my mother provided.  At a young age I was confused, and as I grew I began to view her as a hypocrite.
I am not perfect, and I don’t profess to be, but I strive to live the life that I want my children to emulate.  I can’t hold them to any standard which I myself can’t maintain.   ​