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[-] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When parents no longer serve as role models, stepping into parenthood yourself becomes an act of improvisation.

I don't know about Poland, but in my American experience that's actually better. Older generations bullied and beat their children, and believed that was good child-rearing - the legacy of which lives on in today's political right-wing's collection of bullies and their sycophants.

[-] IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social 19 points 10 months ago

Another similar line stuck out to me.

For many of my friends, adulthood meant not learning from parents but explaining the world to them.

[-] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that one hit me, too, but I don't see it as similar. I think it was very spot-on considering the insane rate of change prevalent today. In my roughly five decades of life, I've watched things go from a relatively leisurely pace to what we have today where learned skills are frequently outdated within just a few years. It's felt much like watching a boulder grow and accelerate ever faster as it rolls downhill, demolishing everyone & everything in its way.

[-] IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You’re right, the only real similarity is change itself, as you said. That’s all I was thinking about in that moment.
Thanks for sharing your perspective, it really added to the article for me.

[-] FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

☺️ Aww, shucks! Thanks for the compliment! Glad I'm still kinda useful as I get older...

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Some good that did. They just stayed the same in my family.

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