Milk and Honey

This morning, my mother sent me an email with an exerpt from the author Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving. In his book, he states that all children need two simple things, milk and honey. Both are necessary to thrive as human beings. Milk symbolizes the necessities—like good food, brushing your teeth, drinking your milk and plenty of sleep. Honey is just as important. It means finding sweetness in life, like beauty and goodness that nourishes the inner person. Fromm says that most parents are good at providing milk, but only a minority provide the honey that children need.

He says if you are going to give honey it means you need to love honey and have some in your own life to give to your children. Where do you find honey? I think it is simple...a hug, a kiss, good books...children love to be read to, a smile, laughter...letting your children see you laughing.


Proverbs 10:21
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and nourishing to the bones.


Children know.