ITs funny that you mention 15-20 years here DeltaAlum. In free response surveys given to people at the end of their life spans the most common response about things they wished they did was take more risks and chances.
But they are not being asked as parents, they are being asked as individuals with a great deal of experience.
The problem with dealing with "parents" and I haven't had any in a long time, is they distill their experience and present it to you through the ROLE of being a parent.
Always keep that role in mind when talking to them, because it will color any advice they give you. A good question for a parent to ask himself/herself is would he/she give the same exact advice to someone they had no emotional investment.
Kind of those Rose Colored Glasses Kant mentions.
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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Honest, I'm not trying to be smug, overbearing, all knowing, a smartass or anything else.
But, let's visit this topic again in fifteen or twenty years and see what perspectives have changed.
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