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When Aleister asked permission to publish my parenting advice, I granted it on the condition that I could write this brief introduction.
I recall feeling honored when Aleister asked me for parenting advice. After watching his career as an attorney blossom by following my advice in that area of his life, I knew that he would pay attention to what I have to say.
Aleister’s request was, in fact, the first time anyone has ever thought to ask me for parenting advice. It strikes me as strange that there have been no prior requests, as who better than I to tell of lives gone awry and how those lives might have been saved?
I cannot, of course, blame every misguided life on bad parenting; there are simply too many variables in the world for such a simplistic explanation to be reliable. Nevertheless, I do blame a majority of wasted lives on parental missteps.
For those of you who may be skeptical, I want to make it clear that I do have the best interests of your children at heart. I do not want any more residents of my infernal prison. If there were no need for a keeper (and punisher) of lost souls, then I would be freed to return to my place in heaven with the rest of the angels, at the side of God.
I hope you will take this advice to heart and consider what I have to say very carefully. Your child’s fate depends on it.