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Originally Posted by Benzgirl
TM,
I was raised a lot tougher than you think.
Would I care if I didn't have on the right color at 18? Hell no. I probably did it purposely. I was brought up to challenge the status quo, and I would killed my mother if she had participated in Smotherhood.
Of course it would tug on my mother's heart of I was hurt. But, I didn't let things bother me because I realized that life is tough at an early age. And, I thank my parents who raised me to be independent. It has helped to contribute to my success today.
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No doubt. And I think we undervalue resiliency in terms of traits we're trying to instill in teenagers these days.
But sometimes the moms who express their ideas and fears to other people may actually do a decent job of not acting on their Black Hawk instincts. It's only when they act for the kid that I think it really gets weird and smothering.