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6 Things I Wish I Had Never Told My Children
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| July 27, 2015
| Tina Plantamura
Posted on 07/27/2015 11:31:26 AM PDT by beaversmom
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For FReeper discussion, and is there anything you would have said different to your kids?
To: beaversmom
In America, you work hard, you will always be successful.
sorry kids, apparently government no longer protects the working man.
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:35:25 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: beaversmom
“Should you wait for someone to earn your respect before you respect them?”
If they haven’t earned your respect, then whatever you are showing them isn’t really respect.
“You have one major responsibility: to be part of the positive change in this world.”
Fight Statism. Spread the Gospel.
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:38:00 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: beaversmom
What kind of self-absorbed person tells their child “You don’t owe anyone anything”?
Good grief!
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:38:22 AM PDT
by
Anitius Severinus Boethius
(www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
To: beaversmom
I regret getting angry and speaking sharply more than anything else. I’ve based what I try to teach them on the Word of God, nothing to regret there.
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:44:30 AM PDT
by
NorthstarMom
(God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
You’re supposed to teach your children that “no one owes YOU anything” !
Stupid Liberals!
To: beaversmom
“Friends don’t let friends read the HuffPo.”
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:46:59 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:48:47 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Most intelligent children would fall asleep from boredom before mummy and daddy get to point 2.
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:54:08 AM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: BenLurkin
"Should you wait for someone to earn your respect before you respect them?”You should treat everyone in the way you would like to be treated, in the absence of an awfully good reason not to. This implies a presumption that the other person is respectable, if you have no evidence otherwise.
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posted on
07/27/2015 11:59:41 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Tax-chick
Good point.
I think there’re actually two different types of “respect” at play here.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:01:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: teeman8r
Govt no longer protects the working white heterosexual man.
They do protect everyone else.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:01:09 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
A basic level of human respect, treating others civillay, is not the same respect as earning respect for consistently performing and exceeding standards n your job. ie earning respect through your track record, or not just talking the talk but walking the walk.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:03:11 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin; All
“Should you wait for someone to earn your respect before you respect them?”
If they haven’t earned your respect, then whatever you are showing them isn’t really respect
This is a common misconception, confusing courtesy with respect...courtesy is something that should be given to every human being, regardless...respect, however, is something that must be earned.
Once I was arguing with a lib (I know, I know); she told me that everyone deserved respect, because there was at least one good thing about them. So I replied, 'well, Hitler really loved dogs, so I guess he wasn't all bad.'...the mouth-dropped-open look on her face was priceless!
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:06:04 PM PDT
by
notdownwidems
(Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
To: beaversmom
I’ll go with what my Parent’s told me.
1. Nobody owes you a living. (My Dad’s addendum to me as a whining Teenager, so shut up and get back to work)
2. You help People who CAN’T help themselves, not People who WON’T help themselves. (They didn’t mean the Government)
3. There will always be someone better off than you and there will always be someone worse off than you, that’s Life.
4. Work hard, Save your Money and Sacrifice when you’re Young so you won’t need to do the same when you’re Old.
To: BenLurkin
I think there’re actually two different types of “respect” at play here.I agree. Unfortunately, we use the same word for "I know about qualities and actions of this person which I really admire," and "I treat everyone nicely because I'm a decent person."
There's a similar problem in using the word "pride": to be proud of a worthwhile accomplishment is categorically different from being proud of (for example) being American, but we use the same word.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:18:07 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: beaversmom
Then: "Go Cut Me A Good Switch!"
Now: "Let's Talk About How Angry We Make You".
"And Don't Call Protective Services."
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:18:27 PM PDT
by
TexasCajun
( “A liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.“)
To: beaversmom
You mean this fool is just now figuring that out! Hello fool! My mother taught me that a long time ago.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:20:07 PM PDT
by
Jean2
(ox)
To: beaversmom
Santy Clause is coming to town. A lie.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:22:41 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: beaversmom
I would say to my kids you don’t want to be a Zombie, The Huffington Post will suck all the moisture from your brain.
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posted on
07/27/2015 12:25:01 PM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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