I know it's naive, but wouldn't it be more interesting to discuss the individual items and possible solutions? We seem to fall into the polarized horse race too easily.
For myself, the first half page hit home. One family member questions the moon missions, another worries that microwaves will leave her food radioactive, and she graduated in the top 10% of her university class. (granted, 20yrs ago) A niece fell into a group of friends who call any attempts to learn "sad", and in so doing she went from a stunningly smart 10yr old with a wall of books to a 15 yr old who barely passes classes, lives for her next "distraction" (movies, CD's, TV show), has had numerous bouts of VD, and says it's "no different from TV" to manipulate her parents against each other to get what she wants.
Discouraging stuff. Anyone else have red flags in their family?
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