The advantage of having an engaged parent

I grew up with a parent who was more concerned with herself and the TV than her kid’s development. Many people have parents who are concerned with other things than parenting, it’s something that you’re naturally going to get when so many people have kids. Most people aren’t good at many things if any, so there had to be a lot of poor parents, unfortunately.

My lazy parent came from trauma, but it wasn’t the cause of her laziness, it’s just who she is as a person. I give her credit for what she’s done in life whilst not having put any effort into it. Go to work, come home and watch TV, that’s it for the last 30 years, and she wonders why everyone around her has disappeared.

People who have engaged parents are more likely to do well, but I will say that is only true if the parents are competent sane people themselves. If your engaged parent is an idiot or weirdo, your life will be awful. I’d rather have the lazy cunt than an overbearing Neanderthal breathing down my neck

Engaged parents warn you about the future

Life is full of surprises, but it’s nothing but surprises when you’re not told about any of the common pitfalls that come up. When your parent isn’t engaged you have to experience life that hard way and a lot of the time it fucking hurts. Don’t get me wrong…