<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446814" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>You Have Raised These Weeds</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I don't make this statement<br>To have you agree with me...<br>I make this comment, <br>Because this is what I see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You can't raise children to be men and women! <br>The children of today have been spoiled<br>By what has been given! <br>They are nurtured like a plant or a pet<br>Around the house.<br>They are fed much nonsense and reflect, <br>What we have put out! <br>If it's garbage in our minds and garbage that we eat...<br>What do you expect to find on the streets? <br>Pansies and Roses? <br>Lilacs and Hibiscus? <br>Pruned trees and bushes...<br>And manicured lawns we sweat to treat? <br>If you have not encouraged your 'crops' to grow, <br>How do you expect your harvest to 'glow'? <br>You have raised these 'weeds'...<br>And that's the point I want to make! <br>You ignored advice from the 'gardener', <br>And that has been YOUR mistake! <br>Those choking 'vines' that grew from your home<br>That have driven you to heartbreak...<br>Have been your responsibility, <br>And it now shows upon your face! <br>And now you want them to leave you alone? <br>These 'creatures' are yours...<br>Reflecting what you have condoned!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446814" data-title="You Have Raised These Weeds de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I don't make this statement To have you agree with me... I make this comment, Because this is what I see. You can't raise children to be men and women! The children of today have been spoiled By what has been given! They are nurtured like a pl..."></div> </div> </div>

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