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I don’t know, but she’s constantly pushing me, throwing me articles about huge companies hiring, about investments, savings, getting a mortgage. She constantly

• netsharc 4y ago
  I read this yesterday, the advice columnist wrecked (thanks Huffington Post) the advice asker: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/05/parent-child-relationship-healthy-boundaries/643121/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/05/parent-ch... You could tell her to butt off, but only if you feel you need to...
• bombcar 4y ago
  Often all those questions boil down to “are you happy?” And sometimes parents don’t know how to understand that a child could actually be happy doing things differently than they did.
  • _carbyau_ 4y ago
    As a parent with a toddler this is what scares me most. What I want to do: make them an amazingly capable human being and leave them to make themselves happy. What I must stop myself doing: intervening ALL the time, advising how to do it better, helicopter etc etc. It isn't always easy to stand by and watch your kid hurt themselves.
    • bombcar 4y ago
      > It isn't always easy to stand by and watch your kid hurt themselves. It's by far the hardest thing you have to do, but the only consolation is that if you let them push the boundaries early they more quickly learn that they have boundaries. Of course you limit the maximum harm, but finding things that are "acceptable" is the trick.
    • IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
      A bump on the head now is worth the price of admission to avoid a visit to hospital later, when your offspring are adults..