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Teen son of Pakistani billionaire who died on Titanic sub ‘didn’t want to go on trip’
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I make my teen son do crap all the time that he doesn't want to. It builds character.
Edit: I mean cut the grass, wash the dishes, general crap like that. It's not like I'm making him dive to the bottom of the ocean in a tin can. Although I do incourage him to try new things, that's parenting.
It builds resentment. Kids are also humans with their own wants, goals, and dreams. Not yours.
My comment was meant to be somewhat sarcastic.
I was referring to making him do crap he doesn't want to do as in chores and whatnot. Typical teenager stuff.
I appreciate that he is his own person but still strongly encourage him to try different things to see what sticks. In no way do I push him to follow my wants goals, or dreams. Parents who do that bug me too.
Indeed. It's important to teach kids that in this life they're heading into they're going to have to do some things they don't really want to do in exchange for the resources they'll need to do the stuff they do want to do.
At least until AI and automation is fully deployed to every aspect of the economy and we've got UBI to rely on. Then we can all choose to do only things that we want to do. But that may take a little while yet.
There will be that transitory period with AI where we have things we don't want to do to survive with very little access to the things we want to do.
Yeah, probably. My position is that we should rush through that transitory period as fast as we can, because it sucks to be in it but there's a big prize once we get past it.
What a deranged point of view.
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You know the phrase "read the room"?
What does it say about you when you use this as a response to a dad who convinced his son to take the trip that would end up killing him? Is that the time when you wanna say "Now that's the kind of thing I would do!" ?
There's just some places where even if you have some kind of point, it gets completely eclipsed by you saying it in response to the worst case scenario.
It kindof makes you look like a bad parent when you use "Son is dead" article to voice your support of making sons do things. Like you saw this and felt you needed to defend yourself like the article was attacking you.
Parents should also teach their kids that there is a time and place for everything.
It should also be mentioned that you're also ignoring that the father knew full well that there were safety concerns with the sub in question, as he had complained regarding regulators. This is just not the hill to die on. Like for every imaginary scenario you try to argue, this guy did much worse.
Like it should be the other way around, you should not want to compare yourself to this guy in any semblance.