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wherestip wrote:

Happy Father's Day, Everyone

Wenjer Leuschel wrote:

Just made a call to my kids and the mother. A happy day, it is.

Hello, YouTubers. Well, um apparently on Sunday in the UK here is a day called father's day, where I suppose we are all reminded to give some thought to our fathers. Um, but I think it might give me a chance to talk about family relationships from a grandfather's point of view, or at least from my point of view.

And, in the western world we all try to lead quite independent lives. Um, we bring up our children to ... well imbue them with all the qualities that we think are right, and honest, and decent, and to make them rounded individuals, and to encourage them to be independent. If we didn't I suppose life can't go on. I suppose in most countries, or in this country anyway, there might be some families who do all live together, and they have a very close relationship with their parents and grandparents. But by and large, I think it's the fact that we do lead independent lives. And families are bringing up children -- that is the whole of their life. They have to support themselves with their work and provide for the children, right up until quite a late age these days. And it's a very busy life, so they themselves haven't got time to give all the attention to their parents. And it isn't the same in all countries, but it is in our country.

And many people write to me who's seeing me here on YouTube, um, think of me, um well as a granddad, I suppose. Maybe they've lost their own grandparents or they live miles and miles away and they don't have a relationship with them, uh which you know, which is sad. But reading between the lines, I sometimes sense that they feel guilty about this. Well, you need not feel guilty for the reasons that I have explained, um or at least the opinions I've put forward.

Um, as a grandparent we sit back and we observe. And, as our children grow up and they have their own children have grown up, and possibly they might have more time to give attention to granddad. And that of course is very nice. So I hope maybe on father's day ... that could be a time when um you could give dad just a little bit special attention somehow. So, uh, I can't think of any other wise words of wisdom. But um I think that's how granddads see life. And we are proud of our children and our grandchildren. And our job is to make sure that they are happy in their lives.

So, I just found out that I can operate this optical mouse on my knee, so I don't have to lean forward to say goodbye, which is what I'll do now. And hope to see you all again very soon. Goodbye.

My father was a very remarkable person. Uh ... He came to America from Russia, as a small child. And he loved America. There was no place else he wanted to be. He didn't want to go back to Russia to see where he came from. He loved everything that America stood for. And it's very inspirational at a time when we're all, I think, disillusioned with what America has become, or many of us are anyway.

wherestip wrote:

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