Preachers' Kids

I believe that parents should lay out all the options and then let their children choose their own way.

I watched a documentary the other night about a very influential Black leader whose children did not, as they say, “walk in his footsteps.” The man gave his life to a cause. His son became a musician. He had a few daughters, and they too chose their own paths. And when the film was over, I found myself thinking not about him but about my own two sons, a…