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user-inactivated  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Question: Has anyone ever been "thrown out" or asked to leave your parents' house?

I think my relationship with my parents has been discolored because I haven't taken them seriously since about the 7th grade.

I realized they don't know what they're doing all the time, and I realized they weren't perfect. I treat them as I treat my friends now. This causes me to treat them well & with respect in general, but when they wish to be controlling, it's hard to take them seriously.





b_b  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So much strife between parents and children results from neither being able to recognize that the other is a person.

user-inactivated  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I disagree. You can easily recognize someone else as a person and still disagree with them over fundamental issues. I simply fail to take my parents seriously at times.

I feel as if most people put up a facade when communicating (in person, anyway). When I feel as if someone isn't being open, I become flippant.