3 ms·

Am I to understand you blame your father for overdosing 3 times?

• runnerup 4y ago
  Largely, yes. Every aspect of my life was heavily controlled and I had very little freedom to choose how I spent any of my time or efforts. I was still a child then, not an adult. I’ve had no problems with addiction since becoming an adult and being in control of my own life. Would you blame yourself if your 3-year old overdosed on Tylenol he grabbed from your medicine cabinet? Would you blame yourself if your 17-year old daughter chose to commit suicide by grabbing a bottle of Tylenol from your medicine cabinet?
  • AbrahamParangi 4y ago
    Were I your father I would blame myself, without a doubt. But that doesn't mean it's not strange to me that you blame him.
• inconceivable 4y ago
  draconian parenting in a free society leads to incredibly bad outcomes. the parents undermine their own authority and the child doesn't know any better but to rebel. this is why parenting is hard, you need to walk a fine line between 'friend' and 'jailer'. a lot of immigrants have a tough time with this general concept - they have no idea what it's like growing up in the US, none whatsoever. it produces wildly bi-modal outcomes. the ones that end up on the bottom of the curve are left scratching their heads, because they're ego-driven/stubborn or stupid, or both. and plenty of the outwardly successful kids have issues later on. also the reason i'm not going to have kids. i don't think i could handle it, and this isn't the sort of thing you get another shot at.
  • deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]