The married son with a child was more than happy with his employment in a prestigious international company. The position, the salary. the fringe benefits and the annual increments were all enviable until that morning when he learnt that the senior position above him was to fall vacant and someone younger from another branch was to fill it because according to the rules that position was for a university graduate. He was not a graduate.

The son informed his parents of his decision to quit his employment. He would work and prosper in employment elsewhere. Yes. And he would rise through successive promotions and reach a position even much higher -that of the Chief Executive -and they would be proud of his successes; of course, his modest basic education notwithstanding.

The son's fantasy of the successes awaiting him despite the reality on the ground indicating to the contrary reminded the parents of similar refuge in fantasy to which the son would resort when he was a boy.

Fantasy of Successes.
As one past example: the administrators of a Youth Sports Complex would not I include the boy in any of the sports teams for a league competition that season, I because of his lack of minimum hours of prior practice according to the established I rules. He declined the offer of inclusion in parallel friendly games outside the com- petition. Instead he chose to confront the administrators on the rules assuring his parents of what appeared to them a mere fantasy of predictions of his successful