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My parents were progressive - they considered me and my brother as little adults basically, and they’ve educated us on many serious topics early on (sex, contra
by layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
My parents were progressive - they considered me and my brother as little adults basically, and they’ve educated us on many serious topics early on (sex, contraception, drugs, death). Adults were always amazed how well-behaved and mature me and my brother were. But we still did stupid and dangerous stuff as adolescents, like playing with fireworks, making lighters explode, huffing nitrous crackers, smoking, cycling around drunk, painting graffiti, etc.
There’s really nothing parents can do, other than pray for the best.
- tremon 6y agoThere’s really nothing parents can do, other than pray for the best. I wish this attitude was more prevalent, both among parents and lawmakers. More and more, it seems we're legislating against any possible turn of fate that could happen, and both personal freedom and a sense of personal responsibility suffer for it.
- chokeartist 6y ago> But we still did stupid and dangerous stuff as adolescents, like playing with fireworks, making lighters explode, huffing nitrous crackers, smoking, cycling around drunk, painting graffiti, etc. Lol sounds like we had a common background. There were so many close calls looking back that I just shake my head and am thankful no one ever got seriously hurt.