Parenting at best is a no-win situation in the present and a winning situation if you are lucky in the long-run. Life teaches hard lessons and as a parent, just because you teach the hard lesson is no guarantee of the right outcome. I've seen great parents have troubled kids, and seemingly lousy parents have incredible kids. I have no answers. I could only do what I thought was right for my daughter and me and my family. I tried to teach honesty, trust, helpfulness, kindness, thoughtfulness, openness, and a certain amount of thoughtful irreverence. Most of all I wanted to give her a sense of personal responsibility. I don't believe you can be "friends" with your child. "Friendly," yes. Friends, no. The reason is simple. Sooner or later you are going to have to teach your child something it is easier not to teach. ‘Friends" take the easy route. They don't say "No." When that happens too often, there is a breach in the friendship. As a parent, you must have rules, strict lines in the…
What does it mean to be a winner or a loser? Our topic today is looking mighty deeply into the goals of life itself. Bear with me! 123Ish author Dominus took a crack at the concept trying to tie down "The Loser Mindset" - But really, what constitutes winning and losing in today's society? There used to be goalposts, but now they've moved. Just recently, NY Magazine pondered why so many Millennials now seem to identify as Socialists. When the story posted on Reddit, commenter Sam474 rang in with a pithy observation: See, American kids are brought up to believe that "America is the greatest country in the world," and that they must work hard and sacrifice a lot to be successful. Then they get online and find out that Europeans get free health care, free child care, free school, years of vacation time, employment insurance… on and on. They get jealous, and well they should. European systems aren't even pure Socialism, just a blended Socialist Democracy. They have just as much of a free…
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