Yeah, I have to side with the parents issue. Even though I don't agree with everything that tam does with her children, I can say that if I had a relationship like that, then I would be in a different position in life.
Growing up, neither of my parents listened to me. And if they did listen to me, they'd usually end up yelling at me because they thought I should always be doing exactly what they told me to do. This was tough cause they always had unbelievably high expectations of me.
Now they wondering why I've ignored them for the past 5 years. I don't have any confidence in talking to them. I feel as if I talk to them, they'll either yell at me, or try to make me do exactly what they want. I was basically raised to think that way.
If parents gave their kids someone they could talk to and trust, maybe the kids would be able to reason with them. If a kid isn't happy at a school, maybe then he could talk to them about switching.
That may not seem like much to some, but I'm still scared to talk to my parents about anything. And you might even laugh, but I wouldn't tell them a thing that's going on in my life. Hell I could get married, have kids, own a major corporation. I would still never tell them. It's just unfortunate, and I just can't switch my mind about talking to them about anything remotely personal.
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