What motivates parents to share their own experiences with their children? The baton from generation to generation takes on new forms and depths every hundred years, but the goal is the same: the search for closeness, a warning against mistakes and dangers, an impetus for growth. Regardless of the circumstances, parents must teach their children to live in the real world. Today, Vasyl Stus's letters to his son Dmytro are not just family history, they are a part of an era, a unique component of the formation of our identity.