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user-inactivated  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Schools Are Handling An 'Overparenting' Crisis : NPR Ed : NPR

Poor kid. I hear stories like this and it makes me want to call my mom and dad to thank them for being hard-asses when I was growing up. 11 years old? You are now learning how to cook, clean and do laundry. 13? Time to get a job mowing lawns/paper route/something to bring in money. 18? Out of the house.

If they did this now someone would probably want them in jail for child abuse.





user-inactivated  ·  3501 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    If they did this now someone would probably want them in jail for child abuse.

Whoever those are, screw them good and leave them unattended in a dark alley. Your parents did very well as far as personal responsibility and self-sustainancer are concerned.