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Originally Posted by shakran
...and I'd rather remember pleasant stuff about my parents too, but more than that I'd rather remember that they were parent first, friend second, because you cannot always be your kid's friend if you want her to grow up right. It's the parents that think they have to be a friend, and always make sure that their kid is delighted with them, and never do anything that might hurt the kid's feelings that end up raising monsters.
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So, true. I used to work with an Indian professor (subcontinent of asia). He always complained about American parents who wanted to be friends with their children. He would say, " Why would you ever want to be friends with your children? Being a parent to your child is so much more important. Why downgrade to friendship."