• HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    3 months ago

    Whats funny to me is people who want for their kids something they see inadequate in themselves. Like obviously as a man you can’t teach your kids to be a man then you must not know how…

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      3 months ago

      I kinda feel like that’s the entirety of good parenting. Some things have higher or lower priorities, but ideally, I want my children to be more competent than me in everything I know how to do and more.

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        3 months ago

        I see that as a recipe for failure. Expectations are fine but when you expect for from someone else than you do yourself. Well that hypocrisy and will lead to either hate or neroticism. Every parent should just want their kids to be happy.