September 14, 2007
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Parents and Friends
Parents are sometimes criticized for being “friends” with their kids. The implication is that friends are permissive. I think the real problem is when parents bow to peer pressure (from their kids), which isn’t good to do as a parent or a friend. I want my friends to work hard and achieve their dreams. I want my friends to do what they enjoy. I want my friends to avoid unplanned pregnancy and venereal disease and drug addiction and death. I want to support my friends when they are in pain.
I also want to go on bike rides with my friends and camp out, and hang out sometimes late into the night talking with them. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to be friends with your kids. You just have to be a good friend.
Comments (2)
yeah, sounds like a good plan to me, a real friend wants whats best for you and knows how to help you fulfill your potential, but also respects your space to be you.
Yeah, up until the moment you walk into your daughter's bedroom and there is a 6'2" guy lying on top of her (yeah, just last night, in my house). Talk is cheap until you have teenagers.
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