la famille vue comme une petite entreprise/The family as a small vital enterprise

The father must always, in principle, be the man for the hour, able to answer the needs of his family: you wanted children because I was beautiful, but beauty alone will not be enough to raise them. It will also take your strength and the intelligence we share. We shall have to raise them as if the family were a small, vital enterprise, necessary to the children's becoming.




le père de famille doit toujours
à priori être l'homme de la situation
et fournir un rendement auprès de
sa famille : tu as voulu des enfants
parce que j'étais belle, maintenant ma beauté
ne suffira pas à élever nos enfants, il faudra
ta force et notre intelligence aussi, il va
falloir les élever
comme si la famille était une petite
entreprise vitale pour le développement
des enfants !




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Written on 2026-08-19 at 09:13

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Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
The piece risks reducing parenthood to output and children to development projects. The enterprise metaphor is bracing, but it leaves little room for grace, play, or the unproductive love that also sustains a family. 'Rendement' in the French is especially telling. Return, yield, performance.
2026-08-25


arquious The PoetBay support member heart!
Otherwise, it isn't really a family but a mere physical gathering of individuals with shared DNA or some similar social grouping.
2026-08-22