And this is the thing, people act like the difference between withholding food as a rational, justified form of discipline and as capricious tyrannical abuse is obvious, that we all know the distinction Well, Can Opener Dad thought he knew it toohttps://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1345782015208075266?s=19 …
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So many of you people act like being a good parent is just a matter of not being "selfish" or "lazy" - "You know what you need to do and you just don't step up" This guy thinks he is stepping up He's working really hard at it, harder than most dads
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This is what I was trying to get at in my other thread, how a "lazy" dad who "did the bare minimum" would be so much less fucked up Just opening the goddamn beans and moving on with your life
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But this is what Noah was talking about It's not that being a bad parent means this stereotype people have of being a parent who just doesn't give a shit and gets drunk and lets the kid walk into traffic Yeah, I agree most parents do care They fuck up by caring
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Whether it's genuine altruism or compassion or love or it's mixed up with ego and more complex forms of selfishness is a whole mess I don't care to suss out The point is that yes, they do care, but what they think they have to do to be a good parent is often all fucked up
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This is so very much a major issue within certain parenting circles (and this guy is pretty close to the center of that venn diagram). This is how they were raised, this is how they expect to raise their kids. Pointing out that it's fucked up...they have no clue how to cope.
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