Reply #4: Not Mathematics. LOL [View All]

[AutumnMist]

My point was not a beef. I have dealt with who I am and who my parents are a very long time ago. My point was the vague blanket statement of acceptance. I don't think its bad to praise any child for a specific or passionate calling. We (my siblings and I) found the one thing that we loved and went with it in our lives and career. Why the need to make it all one thing? I just don't get my Mother explaining why she accepted us all in the same way. We did different things and we had different dreams. My parents stayed the course and just said do it. No matter what finish it. So we did. And I thank them for that. But when it comes to the specifics they are both uncomfortable. Why? I know we all have dreams as kids and parents. But when do we just say "you did good for who YOU are". And make that a good thing. To be an individual and not a collective whole? This isn't a poor me and my family thread. I get along great with all of them. My point was as a parent today with my kids and the parent that my mother was expected to be in her time...well thats changed. My Mom cannot say get off your ass and be the person you should be. Its be the person thats acceptable? In Society? Well I am not always ok with that. Why cant we just be ourselves. And encourage that in our own children while guiding them? Why the walls and the vague explanations?