1. Children will do things you tell them not to do (2:17)
2. They will blame each other (3:12)
3. You will curse at them, or perhaps want to (3:17)
4. Not all siblings get along all that well (4:8)
5. Children babble and make a lot of noise (11:19)
6. Your children may have to go off on their own journeys (12:1)
7. You may love your children so much that you put yourself at risk (19:26)
8. Do not, under any circumstances, let your children get you drunk so they can have sex with you even if they think it is the end of the world (19:32)
9. It’s possible to become pregnant even if you aren’t expecting it (21:2)
10. Be careful whom you invite to your weaning party (21:9)
11. Listen to your partner, even if you disagree with him/her (21:12)
12. It’s hard to watch your children suffer, keep your eyes open and look for the well (21:19)
13. You might sometimes want to kill your offspring, but keep your eyes open and look for the ram (22:13)
14. Don’t play favorites (Rebecca and Isaac re: Jacob and Esau; Jacob and Joseph)
15. Stay out of your children’s negotiations (25:33, 27:8-10)
16. Sometimes children have to struggle on their own (32:25)
17. Sometimes children change their names (32:29)
18. Sometimes siblings reconcile after long-standing acrimony (33:4)
19. Sometimes siblings want to avenge the honor of their sibling: this should be tempered (34:25)
20. Sometimes it is not only the child who feels as though s/he has been abandoned in a pit of despair (37:24)
21. Family is hard, but love is strong, forgiveness is powerful, and redemption is possible (45:4; 50:24)
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