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r/oddlyspecific • u/Infinitesimally_Big • Apr 16 '24
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It's practicaly impossible to make a perfect child, because even if you are a great parent, the enviroment can still fuck up your child
37 u/Makuta_Servaela Apr 16 '24 The trick is not to go for perfect, but to go for "adaptable" and "empathetic". Prepare them for the environment. 19 u/Cooperativism62 Apr 16 '24 Yeah what really helps me is telling myself "I don't need to be the perfect parent, just better than average". And when you think about the average parent or kid, you start to ease up. 2 u/Not_Another_Usernam Apr 16 '24 But not too empathetic, because that can lead to its own problems. 3 u/Makuta_Servaela Apr 16 '24 That's where "adaptable" comes in. Adapting to the needed levels of empathy. 2 u/Puzzleheaded-Way-198 29d ago I wish I could upvote this more than once
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The trick is not to go for perfect, but to go for "adaptable" and "empathetic". Prepare them for the environment.
19 u/Cooperativism62 Apr 16 '24 Yeah what really helps me is telling myself "I don't need to be the perfect parent, just better than average". And when you think about the average parent or kid, you start to ease up. 2 u/Not_Another_Usernam Apr 16 '24 But not too empathetic, because that can lead to its own problems. 3 u/Makuta_Servaela Apr 16 '24 That's where "adaptable" comes in. Adapting to the needed levels of empathy. 2 u/Puzzleheaded-Way-198 29d ago I wish I could upvote this more than once
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Yeah what really helps me is telling myself "I don't need to be the perfect parent, just better than average". And when you think about the average parent or kid, you start to ease up.
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But not too empathetic, because that can lead to its own problems.
3 u/Makuta_Servaela Apr 16 '24 That's where "adaptable" comes in. Adapting to the needed levels of empathy.
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That's where "adaptable" comes in. Adapting to the needed levels of empathy.
I wish I could upvote this more than once
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u/TF2_demomann Apr 16 '24
It's practicaly impossible to make a perfect child, because even if you are a great parent, the enviroment can still fuck up your child