Indeed, bringing up the next generation well is a task of decades; perhaps more properly stated as a lifetime's work. The Greeks knew the principle well:
No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Epictetus - Discourses Chap. xv.
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