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Anon does nothing
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this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2026
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Honestly your take feels wild to me as well. Sure you should teach your kids how to take care themselves, but at some point they are an adult and have to take the responsibility for their own lives.
If people don't have to take personal responsibility what stops them from taking advantage of it? Like you could have the best parents, but claim they messed you up, so refuse to work and leech of them for the rest of your life.
Yes, I do agree that you have a level of personal responsibility towards yourself - and that you owe it to yourself to make the best of the hand you're dealt.
But turning 18 doesn't suddenly absolve your parents of their failings. If they failed to teach Anon the basic life skills that would help them to be a proper member of society, then that is still their failure - even if it is a failure being further exacerbated by Anon themselves.
As @some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world said, your last paragraph negates itself...
A good parent would've forced Anon to learn those skills, and wouldn't just stand-by going "they're an adult now, not my problem" - nor would they coddle them and allow them to be a NEET. Both are forms of neglectful parenting, as I said its a lifetime job.
I just wanted to highlight the personal responsibility part. Otherwise I agree completely.
Having "the best parents" would preclude that possibility, though. Your "what-if" is a non-sequitur, it doesn't follow.
no it doesn't.
plenty of shitty people i know had wonderful parents. and some great people had shitty ones.
it's a matter of the choices the person makes.
your parents don't determine what choices you make. you do.
your parents offer you a framework you can accept or reject. and plenty of people reject their parents framework.
Each person is the result of their genetics, upbringing, friend circle, life experiences etc. Having the best parents doesn't guarantee you turning out well.
Also nothing personal but using big words like this when you can express it much simpler, comes off very pretentious.