I'm 34 years old and the Thought of me crying to my dad as a teenager about what my friends would think about his political opinion makes me flinch. My dad is an amazing dad but he would have never allowed me or my friends to dictate what he liked or did to his home.
I feel 100 years old saying this, but this is what's wrong with kids today. They feel like they have to be the model of perfection and they freak out when things don't go their way.
Parents have been embarrassing since the beginning of time, that used to be a given, everyone had embarrassing parents. You dealt with it and moved on.
Do you have kids? I don't, but I'd like to think I could raise them to stand strong enough against peer pressure to have their own beliefs. I'm also not naive enough to rule out leftists intentionally using this behavior to push their propaganda.
I think not bowing to a kid's every tear and demand does make them stronger. It teaches them that you may not like something, but it isn't the end of the world.This allows them to be confident in their personal decisions. In the future when they do something that goes against the grain, they aren't so quick to waiver their beliefs because they know someone may not like it, but it's not the end of the world.
I'm 34 years old and the Thought of me crying to my dad as a teenager about what my friends would think about his political opinion makes me flinch. My dad is an amazing dad but he would have never allowed me or my friends to dictate what he liked or did to his home.
I feel 100 years old saying this, but this is what's wrong with kids today. They feel like they have to be the model of perfection and they freak out when things don't go their way.
Parents have been embarrassing since the beginning of time, that used to be a given, everyone had embarrassing parents. You dealt with it and moved on.
Do you have kids? I don't, but I'd like to think I could raise them to stand strong enough against peer pressure to have their own beliefs. I'm also not naive enough to rule out leftists intentionally using this behavior to push their propaganda.
I think not bowing to a kid's every tear and demand does make them stronger. It teaches them that you may not like something, but it isn't the end of the world.This allows them to be confident in their personal decisions. In the future when they do something that goes against the grain, they aren't so quick to waiver their beliefs because they know someone may not like it, but it's not the end of the world.
I agree. I don't have kids though, and things aren't always as easy as they look.