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Yes, My Adult Children are Jerks and I Am Probably to Blame
Raising children is certainly not for the faint of heart and one must admit to the world these adults may struggle.
It all started out so innocently.
As parents, at least for most, we do our very best. We make good decisions based upon the information at hand. We try to raise decent humans, at least humans other humans might not hate.
This was the plan, having decent humans to enjoy in our golden years.
I am a parent of young adults.
I am stuck between the boomer and Generation Z demographics.
I messed up.
Start Here — This Is How We’re Wired
As I was raised by parents firmly planted in the boomer tradition, there were some basic goals of parenthood. The boomer tradition had the goal of raising humans who were well-behaved, capable of reciting facts from rote memory, did not question the status quo in any significant way or at least in any confrontational way.
The concept of go along to get along was well ingrained into me.
Armed with this as my ideal in childrearing, I proceeded to attempt to arm my children with these same ideals.
