We need to teach our kids how to be resilient because, well, we all know how the world is. But if everyone decided to teach their kids to be kind, compassionate, and empathetic, kids wouldn’t need to be so goddamned resilient, and wouldn’t that be nice? We’re all teaching our kids that they should be tougher, so they can deal with the assholes of the world, when they should all just be taught not to be assholes.
If you’re going around saying compassion and empathy are somehow negative attributes, it’s only because you’re trying to get the world to condone what a shitty human you are so you don’t have to feel bad about it. Show your kids how to be kind and gentle, and the world will soon be kinder and gentler. Teach your children ignorance and hatred for the personal validation and forgiveness you subconsciously seek, and the world will soon reflect those parts of you that you could never hold up to a mirror for fear of seeing what you actually are.
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One must become a better person in order to teach properly and lead by example. Teaching one thing and doing otherwise is confusing for a developing being. Monkey see, Monkey do.
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I agree with that to a point. I also think it’s imperative to be honest about our faults with our children, so that they understand we aren’t always the best examples. I do not believe it’s all see/do. I know so many wonderful people who we able to rise above their terrible upbringings. Sometimes, we can learn from our parents’ mistakes. Otherwise, we’d all just be doomed to be whatever type of people our parents were. Hell, some find a way to be good humans without any parents or positive role models at all. I believe in doing the best I can, but even more so, I believe in being honest when I haven’t been my best.
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It would be easy for me to agree because I made it even though I’m for sure still a work in progress but all of my friends are dead from the environment they didn’t live long enough to escape. I was also groomed for doom but was able to see and learn enough positive habits from others to survive til this point not by any words but what I saw and adapted it to my situation to effectively change the trajectory of my journey. Only my 2 cents.
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Well then, your existence is proof of my point, and congratulations, because it’s not easy and it’s rarely rewarding. I know exactly where I would be based on my childhood, and it’s nowhere near where I am.
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