Jonathanks

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by Jonathanks 11y ago
I agree "that's just life". And many parents who think you're doing it wrong believe they're doing it right - by trying to make their parents achieve the dreams they left unfulfilled. That's narcissism. I do no
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
My comment was not a blanket generalization the word "Most..." tells. I do not imply that one should leave the child without values but that one should let the child pick up these values in a more natural, guided learning, not in
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
Of course there is a proper way to love - to put the interest and development of the loved person in perspective always. That becomes complex as you learn to love every other person in whose life you're invested, and to love humanity i
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
Good luck with your family. I'm glad everything seems to be on track.
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
I understand your point. It's a dynamic, lifelong occupation that demands your whole and its demands change with its stages. However, I was not really over-generalizing. I wrote "Most parents..."
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
So far, you have gone deeper than what I wrote to correctly guess what I intended. Thanks. I may reword my post to be more context specific. Or, maybe, I'll make a new article explaining my stance in the context I intend.
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
That should be "don't enforce on your children any values". I mean to criticize virulently demanding that one's children follow a predetermined set of values because their parents hold them to be true, especially when th
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
The article reminds me of this: "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you they belong not to you. You m
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by Jonathanks 11y ago
I've never known him. I'm not from that side of earth and I never knew about Grooveshark. But I feel I've lost him; we've lost him. With teary eyes, my good wishes go to all who share this loss in substance or in spirit.