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Sandy: "Hello Machiventa. Are you here?"

Sandy: "Hello Machiventa. Are you here?"

Machiventa: "Yes, Sandy, the [[connection]] is established. How have you been so far in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day New Year]?"

Machiventa: "Yes, Sandy, the [[connection]] is established. How have you been so far in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day New Year]?"

Sandy: "I've been fine. I finally found a [[library]], and I have been [[reading]] quite a bit. A library is always one of the first things I look for when I arrive in a new place. I also feel a lot more at [[home]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia] this time around. I am so fortunate to be able to even be here, and I do [[feel]] as if this, too, is my home, except that I miss my children and grandchildren."

Sandy: "I've been fine. I finally found a [[library]], and I have been [[reading]] quite a bit. A library is always one of the first things I look for when I arrive in a new place. I also feel a lot more at [[home]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia] this time around. I am so fortunate to be able to even be here, and I do [[feel]] as if this, too, is my home, except that I miss my children and grandchildren."

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Machiventa: "Let us talk about [[family]] today. At times it seems the family unit is missing some of the old-time [[values]], and children are feeling lost without the [[boundaries]] as set for them by the [[parents]] of two or three [[generations]] ago. I am just talking in general about this, because by no means are all families suffering from this generation gap syndrome.

Machiventa: "Let us talk about [[family]] today. At times it seems the family unit is missing some of the old-time [[values]], and children are feeling lost without the [[boundaries]] as set for them by the [[parents]] of two or three [[generations]] ago. I am just talking in general about this, because by no means are all families suffering from this generation gap syndrome.

"Frequently, the [[parents]] have no notion of what their children's [[problems]] may be in [[school]], the slightest idea about peer [[pressure]] to use alcohol or [[drugs]], and not an inkling about how their children fit into this [[society]] while holding onto acceptable [[moral]] [[values]].

"Frequently, the [[parents]] have no notion of what their children's [[problems]] may be in [[school]], the slightest idea about peer [[pressure]] to use alcohol or [[drugs]], and not an inkling about how their children fit into this [[society]] while holding onto acceptable [[moral]] [[values]].

"Some children get no instruction about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic work ethics], and when they become of age, they have no idea about how to take care of themselves. Life is so [[busy]], and family members are going off in different [[directions]] regularly each day, that it comes as a [[shock]] to them when 'suddenly' their teenager gets picked up by the police for breaking the [[law]].

"Some children get no instruction about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic work ethics], and when they become of age, they have no idea about how to take care of themselves. Life is so [[busy]], and family members are going off in different [[directions]] regularly each day, that it comes as a [[shock]] to them when 'suddenly' their teenager gets picked up by the police for breaking the [[law]].

"I would advise that people stop and look at the way they are teaching the next [[generation]]. A few old-fashioned [[values]] could be easily taught if some families rethink their [[priorities]]."

"I would advise that people stop and look at the way they are teaching the next [[generation]]. A few old-fashioned [[values]] could be easily taught if some families rethink their [[priorities]]."