http://www.standlikeaman.com/gabe/piss-poor-parenting I'll be the designated driver after driving you to drink. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:43:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.standlikeaman.com/gabe/piss-poor-parenting/comment-page-1#comment-734 John Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:33:05 +0000 http://www.standlikeaman.com/gabe/?p=235#comment-734 You sound like a great Dad. Hearing you talk about your concern for whether your twelve-year old gets enough sleep or not really stands in stark contrast to my own experience, which was that nobody seemed to care. For years I grew up in a house where everyone seemed ghostlike, shuffling through silently and offering little guidance or concern. I am paying the price for that lack of attention even today, at 32 years old, as I slowly realize the sheer number of opportunities that passed by simply because I was not prepared by my isolated home life to recognize and act on them. Your son needs you to prepare him for life as an adult. Teach him how to study. Teach him how to cook. Teach him how to talk to girls. He will need all this. It's too late for me now but not for him. You're doing a great job. You sound like a great Dad. Hearing you talk about your concern for whether your twelve-year old gets enough sleep or not really stands in stark contrast to my own experience, which was that nobody seemed to care. For years I grew up in a house where everyone seemed ghostlike, shuffling through silently and offering little guidance or concern. I am paying the price for that lack of attention even today, at 32 years old, as I slowly realize the sheer number of opportunities that passed by simply because I was not prepared by my isolated home life to recognize and act on them. Your son needs you to prepare him for life as an adult. Teach him how to study. Teach him how to cook. Teach him how to talk to girls. He will need all this. It’s too late for me now but not for him. You’re doing a great job.

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