LOL... thanks for taking that out of context. To what extent do you think I meant not sheltering your children? You sure did gather a lot from from such a short sentence. And I do blame myself for being vague and I apologize. Of course parents need to shelter their children to some degree, that\'s a given, and it varies depending on their age. My parents didn\'t shelter me from every little thing, but my cousin... her parents sheltered her for her entire life. She\'s afraid to go see PG-13 movies now and she\'s 19. Her dad literally spoke evil of the world and sheltered her from every little thing. She\'s stuck to watching Finding Nemo or she has nightmares because she\'s never even seen anything bad her entire life. I know that\'s probably an extreme case, but we do eventually need to be exposed to certain things because the world isn\'t such a bright and happy place all the time and if your kids grow up having never seen anything it\'s going to come as a huge shock to them and they\'re gonna be lost and not know what to do. Some things in life can\'t be taught and they obviously have to be experienced, but too many parents these days are throwing their hands up and getting upset over things that really aren\'t so bad. Like... parents petitioning to get Harry Potter books banned from schools.
It\'s a shame that we learn most of what we know of the world not from our parents, but by going through school and experiencing all of life\'s bullshit by ourselves. Our parents never taught us about a lot of things that probably would\'ve been better had it come from them since we look up to them our entire lives. Our parents shape us and mold us into who we are until such time that we grow up and get old enough to start evaluating... asking questions... and coming to our own conclusions about the world. I just think parents these days go a little overboard with the overly protective sheltering.
And quit acting like you know all about the world because you had some kids. You\'re not exactly a seasoned parent and you still act like you have a stick up your ass all the time and you always assume all this shit about me. You\'ve never met me in person. And I\'ve never met you. Perhaps this is your online persona, I don\'t know. I\'m certainly not the same online as I am in person and I know in your head as you read this you\'re probably thinking "thank god". But you\'ll never ever give me the chance to really express to you what kind of person I really am. I like you, man. I always have. But you gotta give me a fucking break one of these days. I think we could get along if you stopped being such a negative prick.
