Jan 19, 2015
"Kids are people" is a very irrelevant phrase. Children are people, sure. People who haven't fully developed yet, who oftentimes are unaware of the realities of consequence and the effect one dumb mistake can have on the rest of their lives. People whose worldview is usually pretty narrow by default, who have a difficult time with perspective (how easy can it be to think like an adult when you haven't yet been one...?).
Part of a parent's role is to protect. The unavoidable reality is that no matter how conscientious a parent tries to be, their efforts at protecting their children will always be damned by their children.
#there are definitely things my father did that weren't helpful to me; but he cannot be blamed for that#i was a chaotic adolescent and i really couldn't have been responsible for myself when it came to things like#men for example#in retrospect it's probably a VERY good idea that he was as strict as he was#at least by the time i had to deal with shit like drugs and sex i was a young adult and had a BIT more damn sense#there's possible danger in not exposing a child to the horrors of the world until they've left home as well#which i recognise-- but honestly that wouldn't have worked out as well for me as it might for some kids#i had enough shit on my plate without adding shit that could be avoided#the madgod's guide to parenting