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L-EDUKAZZJONI GĦANDHA SSIB L-AĦJAR FIL-BNIEDEM | Morgan Parnis
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The conversation turns personal as Morgan reflects on fatherhood in the context of an entrepreneurial life. He does not claim to have got the balance right — he acknowledges that his wife carried far more than her share during the years when the businesses were being built, and that there were moments of absence he cannot recover. But he is also honest about what he has tried to give his children: presence in the moments that matter most, conversations about business and values conducted at a level they can understand, and a household where earning — not receiving — is the expectation. He describes the goal not as raising achievers but as raising good people: those who stand up against what is wrong, even when it is easier not to. He closes with a warm description of daily family life — cooking together, coffees out, simple activities — as the fabric of the relationship he is most invested in.
Morgan doesn't claim to be a perfect father. He is honest about the cost of building multiple companies: missed moments, a partner who carried more than her share, and the ongoing effort to be present. He says the goal is not to be exceptional — just to be there when it matters.
Malta's education system has been under the same party for decades, and meaningful reform requires more than political will — it requires a systemic shift in mindset from everyone involved. Morgan says the minister cannot do it alone.
