Giving birth in Israel is always accompanied by the knowledge that when the boy or girl reaches the age of 18, they will be drafted into the army.
We as parents protect our children until enlistment, then there is an absurd change of roles and we send them to protect us.
This knowledge is clear from the first moment of the newborn and stays in our minds in every stage of raising children. It is an act that is unnatural to the instincts of parents.
