A man has two children.
One is artistic, gifted even and the man encourages that child in the arts. He buys that child paint, and an easel, pens and paper. The child spends hours painting and studying the world. As the child gets older, the man sends the kid to private art lessons and then to an art school in Europe. The child flourishes and the man is happy.
The other child does not like art, does not want to draw or paint and wants nothing to do with it. Building things and taking them apart is what interests the kid, and the man buys the child kits, science kits, robot kits, when the kid can drive, the man gets him an old Cadillac from over forty years ago and the child slowly rebuilds it, piece by piece. The child does not like school and after high school, the man invests in a shop so the child can fix automobiles. The child flourishes.
Neither child wanted what the other child received from their father. Is it wrong for the father to treat them different? To encourage what is best for each?
Now a man has two children, a daughter and a son.
When he speaks to the daughter, he encourages marriage. He gives her advice on picking a man, he warns her of the pitfalls, the dangers and the rewards.
When the man speaks to the son, he tells him to avoid marriage. He gives advice on the dangers and the pitfalls of being with women.
Is it hypocritical, if the outcomes are so different to encourage different paths to the children?
