Parenting & Lies
As I get closer to doing some actual parenting, I have been reflecting on the performance of my parents. I'm sure as most people, I want to take the good things they did for me and apply it to my parenting. This only guarantees that I will mess this kid up in a completely different way. I'm fine with that, though. Messing up kids is the main part of parenting. During my reflection of my youth, I realized that my parents lied to me a lot. I was one of those kids that thought my parents could do no wrong and knew everything. Google didn't exist back then to prove otherwise, so I just took their word for everything. My dad was there full time up until I was 9. You couldn't tell me that he wasn't the fastest and strongest man in the world back then. I would argue with kids in school about how strong my dad was. - My dad can pick up a house! - Well my dad can pick up... a... BUILDING! ...