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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
Trust me, I am very sincere on this, wooden spoon be damned! It is a priviledge to talk to a person who survived the crucible of such a reputable institution. I have so many questions!
Please understand, I've never really had the chance to attend a school of repute. I am mostly self-taught. I spent less than a semester at the University of North Texas before I became disgusted by the curriculum and quit.
I'm a little baffled by your answer, though. Parents? That's it? What makes a "middle ground"? And more importantly, what psychological and biological mechanisms dictate the actions of parents? I know that this kind of topic may not be your specialty, but I'd appreciate a thorough evaluation, if it wouldn't be too much trouble. You have no idea what your opinion means to me as a contextual basis for my own.
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Er... you're freaking me out a bit.
Thorough evaluation? Eek.
Yeah, there are other factors, that goes without saying. What psychological and biological factors dictate the actions of parents? Christ... do you expect me to produce some sort of all-encompassing thesis on human nature? Sorry, but I can't. What's more I don't have kids yet, but I plan to within the next few years and this question is troubling me as well: how do I get that middle ground? Seems to me there's a lot of middle-grounds to try to reach in order to be a good parent and I've not really got the slightest clue how to make sure I don't raise "unbalanced" kids.
It might help me if you narrow-down your question a bit. As it stands I feel like I'm being asked the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. To give what answer I can (an expansion of my original answer) it seemed to me that many (not all) of the kids I met were motivated to succeed in order to gain a sense of worth. Seems to me that the sense of worth of an individual - up to a certain (and not exact) age - is primarily based on their perception of what their family (and their parents in particular) think of them. I've got no "proof" of that, it's just my opinion based on nothing in particular.