"Escuela Dominical Una prisión en la que los niños hacen penitencia por la mala conciencia de sus padres"
— H. L. Mencken
Simplified Meaning:
The quote is talking about how parents sometimes make children attend church classes, called Sunday School, because they feel guilty about their own behavior. Imagine parents who know they've made mistakes and maybe haven't always done the right thing. To feel better about themselves, they might send their kids to Sunday School, thinking it will make up for their own bad choices. The children are the ones who have to sit through the classes, even though the guilt or issues actually belong to the parents. It's like punishing the children for something the parents did, not because the children did anything wrong. So, it's a way for parents to deal with their problems through their kids, rather than fixing their own behavior. This can teach us to face our issues directly instead of making others deal with the consequences.
