My age says I’m an adult but sometimes I think other people know more about being an adult than me.

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    that sounds like a massive lack of self-confidence.

    none of those things are difficult. most people do them on auto pilot. you are thinking way too much.

    you also falsely assume there is a ‘correct’ way to do these things and you will do it ‘wrong’. there isn’t.

    i used to teach. biggest thing most people have to get over is their pre conception of a ‘right’ way to do things. there is only really what works for you, it only doesn’t work if you aren’t able to attain your goals.

    like i meet people who think the only ‘correct’ way to have a child to make sure that child gets into Harvard… otherwise their child will be a failure at life. those people are idiots. the kid will be perfectly fine going to a state school, and maybe even not going to college at all…

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      13 hours ago

      Yeah but there’s also a massive subset of people making horrible children because they shouldn’t be parents in the first place. Its unfortunate but it happens.

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        11 hours ago

        according to who, you?

        the thing about other people’s actions is you don’t get to police them. plenty of people probably think your actions are horrible, stupid, and wrong.

        • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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          9 hours ago

          According to me, for one. You seem to not understand your own privilege, or you’d be aware of the countless unwanted, unloved children born to parents who do not give a fuck that the world then exploits relentlessly until they manage to remove themselves from the abuse cycle or are dead. The foster system is full of them, and so are the prisons. Ever heard of the school to prison pipeline? It’s a thing, and while many of those parents are simply disadvantaged but otherwise loving, many others are worse. Far worse, apparently, than you can acknowledge.

          So according to me, a person with skin in this particular game, if a parent is unable or unwilling to see potential offspring as vulnerable little humans in need of protection, nurture, and provision until such time as they can manage on their own, they should not be parenting. And honestly, if a parent or would-be parent sees children as means to an end, things to use or worse, to sell, then “judging” them is quite frankly the least bad thing that should happen to them.

          I’m glad you enjoy your life. But your kind of life is not the only life being lived. You are privileged beyond your own awareness.

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            8 hours ago

            You said it better than me.

            Apparently Tubular has not seen the massive amount of horrible parents and by result, children.

            Not judging anyone, people can do what they want. But a lot of people do not step back to take in the gravity of the situation when discussing bringing new humans into this world.