tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5648857280911567527..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Parenting, American StyleStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54767112484135906062017-09-19T10:46:44.850-07:002017-09-19T10:46:44.850-07:00That's a great piece of advice: all parents sh...That's a great piece of advice: all parents should teach it.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-24873751056260894962017-09-19T10:42:34.428-07:002017-09-19T10:42:34.428-07:00I've had five, and am no longer sure parenting...I've had five, and am no longer sure parenting means that much. I think it's mostly genetic. However, life is more enjoyable when people at least try to be pleasant to each other, and it's good for children to practice on their family of origin so that they'll have a leg up on the nice little extras of life like having friends and getting/holding a job. <br /><br />I would tell them "Your only job is to make us look good."<br /><br />BTW,Dr. Schneiderman, I still use that example you told me about the young man who could not leave Manhattan for better prospects because the image of himself being able to eat a bagel in The Authentic Spot was too precious to him. Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-40849522782261222272017-09-19T08:12:53.787-07:002017-09-19T08:12:53.787-07:00@DeNihilist
Sometimes? Are you some kind of comed...@DeNihilist<br /><br />Sometimes? Are you some kind of comedian?Armed Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503281970335620895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-61233814444128228292017-09-17T15:33:17.740-07:002017-09-17T15:33:17.740-07:00Ares has a good point here!Ares has a good point here!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57160025516851935012017-09-17T11:55:52.287-07:002017-09-17T11:55:52.287-07:00I recall from Jordan Peterson's rules for livi...I recall from Jordan Peterson's rules for living: #30 Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.<br /><br />We can pretend that kids who have food they don't want to eat stuffed into their mouths will grow up to be respectful teens who will never trash talk to their parents. It might work with some kids, but as a parent I'd dislike a child who needed such treatment, so that's a problem. <br /><br />OTOH, a mercy killing of your own child might be one final expression of unconditional love, if the teen years are just too painful for them.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59129614217990172702017-09-17T10:27:22.860-07:002017-09-17T10:27:22.860-07:00Veruca Salt lives on!Veruca Salt lives on!Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53359200684625875052017-09-17T08:29:44.811-07:002017-09-17T08:29:44.811-07:00Sometimes the Onion seems more factual then the NY...Sometimes the Onion seems more factual then the NYTDeNihilistnoreply@blogger.com