Kids see

As I watch the college scandal unfold, my first thought was, what are these children learning from their parents. Many years ago I wrote a short essay illustrating how parents are not aware of what their children learn from their behavior. Mr. Smith was filling out his taxes and little Johnny was watching and he said the neighbor paid him $1,000 to help build a fence but since it was cash he didn't have to declare it because the government would never catch him. That summer they were on a family trip and Mr. Smith got a speeding ticket but he said he would not have to pay it because they would not be coming through that area again. Later they had a storm and the next day Smith went up on the roof and pulled down his TV antenna. He told Johnny he could turn in a claim to the insurance company saying the wind blew it down and he could get a new antenna. Smith took his son to the hockey game but he didn't buy a ticket for him, he just pushed him through the turnstile. One day when Johnny was a teen he was arrested for shop lifting and his father was so dissappointed. He moaned to his wife, where did we go wrong.