In the little world in which children have their existence whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice. It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its rocking-horse stands as many hands high, according to scale, as a big-boned Irish hunter. — Great Expectations

My Take – One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to teach my children is that life is rarely fair.  In fact, I’ve had to teach them that life is usually unfair in a way that goes against them.  Thing is, whether they accept this lesson from me or not, they will learn it.  My way is just a little easier than having life itself teach it.