It really doesn’t matter if one believes in reincarnation or a life after death. The only thing that is really matter is considering a goal and trying to achieve it throughout our lives. Nevertheless, what happens if someone genuinely focuses on his or her task; tries hard to accomplish it, but then dies before seeing and feeling the result of it. Or as Mike LeFevre says in “Who Built the Pyramids” what if someone’s job is like to put up every single bricks of a building but never get a chance to live or even walk in it. Maybe there is not any heaven or hell, nor such a reality that a soul could diffuse in another body to finally see the consequences of the actions. But, there is a way that we could spring our efforts if there is any, and that is through out the future generation. Most of the times, the posterity would be able to improve by their parent’s achievements. However, it is not consistent for every case in every family. If parents want to see the advancement of their children’s life, as well as their consequence of their long life endeavors, they should induce the children by their actions, and practical moralities equally.
One of the most important steps that parents should take in order to make sure that their children are going to follow their expectations is by their actions. When children are born they are virtually blank sheets of paper. Human babies possess nearly zero instinctual skills and must learn everything from the environment around them. Parents are the primary force in this environment. The parents determine exactly what goes on that blank sheet of paper at each stage of development. Parents have control over the behavioral development of their children. If parents do not provide the source for the attention and information babies need in their formative years it is unlikely the babies will be able to get it from anywhere else. And it can only be expected that if the child was not provided with the necessary information, then the child will lack the necessary skills to make socially correct decisions.
Not only parents should be influential by their actions, but also maintain the ability to enforce some rules and discipline is also vital. Being around as a protector or a guider to sometimes remind children about their job is important. Mike LeFevere, he was a simple laborer who clearly had no higher education; consequently he expected his children to go after their education, and finally become an “effete snob.” As a worker, he already has experienced that how it is like to do a strictly muscle work eight hours a week, and not be able to see the result, and be proud of it. Therefore, he seriously wanted his son to be college graduate. He believed that he worked for his child, to see him in a shirt and tie and dressed up real sharp.
How much Mike LeFevere was successful is not known. He was neither able to be a role model, whom his children could look up to, nor did he have all the qualifications for parenting since one of the most important steps is teaching children through actions. However, in “Who Built the Pyramids” he sounds so uptight that anybody who reads the article could imagine how strictly he is in pushing his children to continue their education, as well as working too hard to be able to support them.