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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 681774" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>As a parent of an adult child, I believe that my role entails a moral, and educative component still. From who else will our children hear the truth. I am speaking here not of shaming, not of beating them up with our own point of view. I am talking here of a bottom line.</p><p></p><p>You know better. I raised you to know right from wrong. You know what to do. I trust you.</p><p></p><p>This is not shaming, from my way of thinking. It exhibits trust and confidence. I also believe that an honest response to foolishness, exasperation or a show of fear is honest and constructive. We are human. Even psychotherapists have come to the place of showing honest human responses to their clients. The president shows authority and conveys it. As parents, is it wrong to do the same?</p><p></p><p>Even though these are our <em>adult</em> children, they are <em>our children</em> and we are their parents. I believe they depend upon us for guidance still. Not micro-managing, not controlling, but responses that show that we care whether they do right or wrong by our standards.</p><p></p><p>Of course we all approach this from a different place and different values. And of course the above are only my own.</p><p></p><p>COPA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 681774, member: 18958"] As a parent of an adult child, I believe that my role entails a moral, and educative component still. From who else will our children hear the truth. I am speaking here not of shaming, not of beating them up with our own point of view. I am talking here of a bottom line. You know better. I raised you to know right from wrong. You know what to do. I trust you. This is not shaming, from my way of thinking. It exhibits trust and confidence. I also believe that an honest response to foolishness, exasperation or a show of fear is honest and constructive. We are human. Even psychotherapists have come to the place of showing honest human responses to their clients. The president shows authority and conveys it. As parents, is it wrong to do the same? Even though these are our [I]adult[/I] children, they are [I]our children[/I] and we are their parents. I believe they depend upon us for guidance still. Not micro-managing, not controlling, but responses that show that we care whether they do right or wrong by our standards. Of course we all approach this from a different place and different values. And of course the above are only my own. COPA [/QUOTE]
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