Right on Brother.
Many parents are too busy doing their own thing or wanting to be best friends with their offspring rather than being parents.
In my case, I have a great relationship with all four of my kids, two of whom are on their own, one is halfway there in college.
But, at the end of the day, I’m still Dad.
My girls are very traditional minded. Sadly, they have no significant prospects on the horizon. Young men no longer have the concept of asking a girl out.
My phone is in a shop for repair today. The shop also does video game console repairs and the girl at the shop was complaining cause these gamers have a rash of the Vapors when their game is down.
I said “don’t worry, it’ll probably only last one generation” cause these yahoo’s won’t procreate.
But, on the other hand, it’s a sad state when young men are more interested in games, or other prurient interests to take an interest in young ladies and growing up to be real men.
My relationship with my daughter improved with age. I had a hard tome with dealing with ANY young kids. But overall it was good. She turned out great with minimal drama and we get along well.
I hear you on the video game thing. As a gamer myself (going back to Pong) I admit that most guys today have a problem. But bear with me a min.
I don’t blame them. At all.
No, in the big picture, living vicariously isn’t good. In a normal world. But that ain’t this world. If I had a son today I would probably get him a PS v and a Jolt Cola shipment weekly. He would be safer, better adjusted and disease free. And not sued, arrested and sodomized in jail for the crime of sexually acosting a girl with hate speech like “Hey cutie!”.
Until liberals are removed from power and positions of influence, it’s only going to get worse. There is a reason beyond the Japanese developing healthcare robots. And when they learn to cook, and well..., there probably won’t be any procreating going on with actual females at all.
Too dangerous. Mentally, financially and even physically these days for young men.