"Equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place." = We are all the strongest link, we are all the weakest link, we will never be better than as they put it "deplorables" / weakest link. This is long, read thru please.
Sorry, for me adversity builds character. My step son who I have fathered for literally 95% of his life, I make good money, his mom makes ok money, and his natural father makes not so ok money. My wife and his natural father are both democrats, his natural father is actually half a step antifa. I don't talk politics with him, it has no value, but every other weekend when he picks my kid up and drops him off we spend some time around my kid together, he is welcome in my home, there has never been any angst at all.
We found out a month ago that our son felt GUILTY about what he had in terms of gifts and presents because his biological father kept calling him spoiled etc.I keep a distance between her and his biological fathers conversations, but I definitely have a word with her, luckily we agree.
It is so ironic that he has the mentality of his kid is spoiled because of what I can provide and his vision of equality wants to diminish that. And to this videos point, he actively doesn't want his child to be more than average, weakest link = strongest link.
I expect more, I don't except average, I don't care about your best friends parents rules, I don't expect C grades in school, and I don't expect teachers to take it easy because his dog died (literally just happened, I am crushed still even though its been over a month, I loved that dog, but my work doesn't care either).
I don't expect his coaches to accept him being average in sports, I expect them to push him to be his best, I have no problem firing a coach and moving teams (he plays club not rec or school programs).
I don't accept 1 gravy when I ordered extra in the drive-thru.
On weekends I have him, on DAYS I have him (most), I put in the work. We talk everyday about how to handle frustration, how to reset your mindset, how to deal with "rage quitting" in video games, how to support your team (family and sports), and I am a hard nosed military vet that has applied bootcamp level correction when I need to in my household (only been 3 times in 9 years when I went literal bootcamp level to make a point).
He performs well in school, is top on his sports teams, I tuck him in and lately every night he tells me "you're the best dad ever" and my only reply is "I will keep trying to be better" and he says "you don't need to".
Sure he has things most kids don't, but he earns in my house, and I ride him in my house. I'm not saying I'm perfect, I get frustrated and come back later and apologize to him like I did today.
Fuck the liberal mindset that being able to reward your child with something other parents can't means they are spoiled or they cant end up in the same place. Even if I didn't have the economic means I have today, I would NEVER blame that as a reason my kid didn't excel, my kid will succeed and fail because of me not ANYONE else.
PARENTING STARTS WITH THE PARENTS NOT THE HANDOUTS A PRESIDENT CAN GIVE.
The next president can take it away. Teach the grit not the hand out, no matter how much money you make.
"Equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place." = We are all the strongest link, we are all the weakest link, we will never be better than as they put it "deplorables" / weakest link. This is long, read thru please.
Sorry, for me adversity builds character. My step son who I have fathered for literally 95% of his life, I make good money, his mom makes ok money, and his natural father makes not so ok money. My wife and his natural father are both democrats, his natural father is actually half a step antifa. I don't talk politics with him, it has no value, but every other weekend when he picks my kid up and drops him off we spend some time around my kid together, he is welcome in my home, there has never been any angst at all.
We found out a month ago that our son felt GUILTY about what he had in terms of gifts and presents because his biological father kept calling him spoiled etc.I keep a distance between her and his biological fathers conversations, but I definitely have a word with her, luckily we agree.
It is so ironic that he has the mentality of his kid is spoiled because of what I can provide and his vision of equality wants to diminish that. And to this videos point, he actively doesn't want his child to be more than average, weakest link = strongest link.
I expect more, I don't except average, I don't care about your best friends parents rules, I don't expect C grades in school, and I don't expect teachers to take it easy because his dog died (literally just happened, I am crushed still even though its been over a month, I loved that dog, but my work doesn't care either).
I don't expect his coaches to accept him being average in sports, I expect them to push him to be his best, I have no problem firing a coach and moving teams (he plays club not rec or school programs).
I don't accept 1 gravy when I ordered extra in the drive-thru.
On weekends I have him, on DAYS I have him (most), I put in the work. We talk everyday about how to handle frustration, how to reset your mindset, how to deal with "rage quitting" in video games, how to support your team (family and sports), and I am a hard nosed military vet that has applied bootcamp level correction when I need to in my household (only been 3 times in 9 years when I went literal bootcamp level to make a point).
He performs well in school, is top on his sports teams, I tuck him in and lately every night he tells me "you're the best dad ever" and my only reply is "I will keep trying to be better" and he says "you don't need to".
Sure he has things most kids don't, but he earns in my house, and I ride him in my house. I'm not saying I'm perfect, I get frustrated and come back later and apologize to him like I did today.
Fuck the liberal mindset that being able to reward your child with something other parents can't means they are spoiled or they cant end up in the same place. Even if I didn't have the economic means I have today, I would NEVER blame that as a reason my kid didn't excel.
PARENTING STARTS WITH THE PARENTS NOT THE HANDOUTS A PRESIDENT CAN GIVE.
The next president can take it away. Teach the grit not the hand out, no matter how much money you make.