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⌈ Secret Post #5461 ⌋

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Re: What's on your mind?

[(Anonymous)]

I actually completely agree with this, and I'm sort of just playing devil's advocate here, but I do feel like part of this is because a lot of Boomers were forced to learn certain practical like skills. Like their parents wanted them to help out around the house as much as possible, and made them learn what they needed to know in order to be of assistance. Or just made them learn it because, "One day you'll need it, and because I said so, now get in here." (Both my parents are boomers and this is definitely how they were raised, anyway.)

Whereas many people in the younger generations weren't forced to learn that stuff. Their parents may have offered to show them, but that attitude of "Forcing your kids to do things is good for them, and anyways you're the parent and they're the child so it doesn't matter whether it's good for them, they have to do it," had gone out of fashion with a lot of people. Which is, for the most part, a very good thing. I hate doctrinaire, because-I-said-so parenting, personally. But when it comes to learning how to do useful but boring life stuff, I know the only way I was going to learn it is if I was forced. Otherwise I wanted to be left alone to do whatever. If an adult asked me if I wanted to be taught how to cook something, or run a household appliance, or do a particular chore efficiently, I said no thank you. Like, no, I'm reading Buffy The Vampire Slayer fanfic and I don't want you to know about it, please just leave me alone.

Re: What's on your mind?

[tabaqui]

Yeah, that's part of it for sure. The 'helicopter' parents and the ones who were totally hands off....

I, too, hate the 'because I said so' nonsense. How about tell your kids what and why, rather than just dictate to them?

My daughter would learn things when I made her, heh, but now she's on her own, she and her boyfriend message me all the time, asking how to do this or that. It's fun, actually, to see them learning new meals or whatever and being so proud... (They're both Gen Z.)

Re: What's on your mind?

[(Anonymous)]

You sound like a good mom. :)

Re: What's on your mind?

[tabaqui]

Aw, thank you! :D