Ebrey
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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 Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:32 am |
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| bloody heartland wrote: |
| Ebrey wrote: |
| schild wrote: |
| That always struck me as "we need to respect them even though they don't respect us." |
Woah, way to project your parental issues on everyone else. I don't think most parent-child problems are caused by parents not respecting their kids. I don't think there's any parental issue that applies to the majority of us. |
How's about you stop throwing this magic "us" around, George? I'd say a lack of respect for me on my parent's part has been the driving force in the fifteen years or so of grief that's somewhat sadly come to define my family life (just got back on speaking terms with em recently).
Also - seriously - the man's not making a blanket statement. He's talking about his own feelings on the matter.
Didn't think I'd see eye-to-eye with Schild on ANYTHING, but there you go. |
Wait, you're saying that "there is no parental issue that applies to most people" is a worse generalization than "parents don't respect children"? That's a hell of a leap.
schild, the way you phrased that made it sound like you thought most children tried to respect their parents despite not being respected. I don't think that's the case at all. The reason there is social pressure to respect your parents (with phone calls and Christmas visits, mostly) is that it's natural to drift away from them. After raising you for 18 years, most parents deserve the option of maintaining their relationship with you, even if you don't care for it. And yeah, there are a few parents who don't deserve this. |
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