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Isn't the ultimate goal of parenting that your kids shouldn't have to trust anyone but themselves? Parents who don't have a plan and need help shouldn't have h
by sublinear 3y ago
Isn't the ultimate goal of parenting that your kids shouldn't have to trust anyone but themselves?
Parents who don't have a plan and need help shouldn't have had kids. The grandparents and great grandparents would just get in the way of these goals. There shouldn't be anything magical about getting to know your family. If you got to meet them, great, but you're your own person and developing that is so much more important.
- RayVR 3y agoIs this a joke?
- rfrey 3y agoThis reads like a parody of American individualism that a Chinese government newspaper might write. The ultimate goal of my parenting is for my kids to realize they're part of a community that gave them tremendous advantages, and to which they have a duty to give back.
- sublinear 3y agoNot sure what bubble you're describing, but the sense of community anywhere at any time in human history is ultimately an illusion. I'm not saying the kids should grow up to be selfish, but that the more they can do for themselves the more they can also do for others. That is a leader. We really don't need another generation of guilt ridden cogs.
- rfrey 3y agoIt's "rugged individualism" that is the bubble, both in time and in space. Community and duty exist everywhere and have at every time, despite what it is like in 2024 America.
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