At what point should parents stop being parents and quit while their fucking ahead. Up until recently I would agree that my parents did a good job. If I had to grade them now they would barely score C, I mean I’d let them fly with a solid D. That’s because as parents they did a great job doing the minimum parents should be required to do, namely keep you alive and provide food and a roof over your head. And I don’t completely blame them for that because they came to a foreign country the rules of success and happiness is not the same as theirs. I can let go of the fact that you are not savvy to today’s world, but don’t fucking pretend you know what’s best. Don’t fucking tell me to learn how to draw and get into computer animation now cause its so lucrative when you showed me no encouragement, as matter of fact straight knocked me down cause it wasn’t as good as my brothers.
I’m pretty damn proud of where I’ve gotten myself through the years all things considered. I’ved sacrificed a lot, hell I managed to see the world and get myself gainfully employed at something I enjoy doing and set as a goal. So thanks for completely disregarding my successes and effort. It’s goddam amazing to me that I have any self respect at all.
To all you future parents, the most important thing you can do for your child is to have their backs. Support them in everything they do in failure or success. It doesn’t matter that you don’t understand their world, just trust them. They are in the driver’s seat; the best you can be is a guide. So do that and you have nothing to worry about, otherwise your kidding yourselves, cause all you will get is courtesy respect. Their is something to be said of working hard to provide you kid with the opportunities you didn’t have, but have the courage to let go and trust that if you’ve been a good guide that your child will be strong enough to take full advantage of those hard-earned opportunities.
Maybe I can get some sleep now.
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