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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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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