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Alex Koroknay-Palicz
October 20, 2011
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How Was School Today? Fine.
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Pretty good. Conversation went somewhat similar at my house. Still does, except now it’s usually, “how was work today.”
The cartoon illustrates the reason why telling parents how things were at school is a bad idea because the parents over react.
I agree with Edwin. Children learn not to share their lives with their parents, because most of the time the only feedback they will receive is negative. Successes are expected, and therefore earn the child no respect that they can recognise, while failures are over-reacted to, blamed on the child, and examined at length, making the child feel inferior.
— Christopher Zamonska-Blake, age 16.
Now I know I’m not alone…
Is this something that is unique to recent (boom echo and younger) generations?
Excellent points Christopher.
And Steph, I imagine it has been going on for several generations. Maybe forever.
Good friends don’t give advice until asked for it, and they don’t punish each other when expectations are not met. But despite all the rhetoric, parents can’t be ‘good friends.’ Our culture won’t allow it. The parent that’s a true friend will be prosecuted for neglect.
Our culture is set up so being a ‘good’ parent is impossible. There are just too many contradictory expectations on them. There is no ‘right’ way for a parent to handle that situation. When you create a culture where one group is systematically denied equality through some arbitrary criteria (like an entry on a birth certificate) it isn’t just the targeted group that suffers. The whole community get caught up in living that lie. Everyone’s life is diminished.
Hahaha… a dog, a cat, and a penis… I really wanna hear this joke.