Re:In Praise of Difficult Children (2009)
by crazygringo on Sunday January 21, 2024 @03:21PM
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But you wrote above:
> follow the definition of "good" from their parents and churches
And different churches in your community teach different, contradictory things. Not just in small details but in really big things.
And your two parents don't agree on everything, and your friends' parents have different views as well, sometimes dramatically so. And sometimes you raise their views make more sense than your own parents' in some areas.
So how are you going to figure out which things to follow and which things to ignore?
There's a lot you just have to test and figure it for yourself. Especially since people are born with very different temperaments, so the rules one person follows may be very different from another -- like whether they consider getting up extremely early to be virtuous, or bad for their health.
> follow the definition of "good" from their parents and churches
And different churches in your community teach different, contradictory things. Not just in small details but in really big things.
And your two parents don't agree on everything, and your friends' parents have different views as well, sometimes dramatically so. And sometimes you raise their views make more sense than your own parents' in some areas.
So how are you going to figure out which things to follow and which things to ignore?
There's a lot you just have to test and figure it for yourself. Especially since people are born with very different temperaments, so the rules one person follows may be very different from another -- like whether they consider getting up extremely early to be virtuous, or bad for their health.