My fathering had always taken the form of a friendly cloud that floated across the lives of the children, and paused occasionally to cast a shadow. That they would turn out to have their own weather, and that I would profit by the climate, was an immense satisfaction.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My fathering had always taken the form of a friendly cloud that floated across the lives of the children, and paused occasionally to cast a shadow. That they would turn out to have their own weather, and that I would profit by the climate, was an immense satisfaction." in the context of ""The Fathering Instinct", Ms. magazine, May 1974" to mean that wisdom is timeless.