David Mamet on Parental Advice

“You look at the children about to leave the home and you say, ‘I’ve done everything wrong, I was lenient when I should have been strict, strict when I should have been lenient, I was overwhelming them when I should have left them alone and I was absent when they needed me, but as you are going away I have a few thoughts I’d like to share with you and I’m going to be as succinct as possible’.”