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Exhausting White Boomer Parent Advice Inbox Trend:
Auditing your adult kids’ lived experiences & marginalized people’s lived experiences like you are the Internal Revenue Service of Feelings
(While ignoring the actual receipts & fact-checking literally nothing else in life)
Auditing your adult kids’ lived experiences & marginalized people’s lived experiences like you are the Internal Revenue Service of Feelings
(While ignoring the actual receipts & fact-checking literally nothing else in life)
Yes your kid “really needs” that medication
A person’s name & gender = what they say it is! A simple rule that will get you far in life!
When you jump in to debate every assertion by a not-white person but won’t wear a mask to the grocery store, I don’t think “science” is why?
A person’s name & gender = what they say it is! A simple rule that will get you far in life!
When you jump in to debate every assertion by a not-white person but won’t wear a mask to the grocery store, I don’t think “science” is why?
Did you know that you could raise a child to know stuff - and in fact become a recognized expert on- things *you* don’t actually know?
Did you know there are words called “Interesting, I didn’t know that” that you could say out loud instead of automatically refuting people?
Did you know there are words called “Interesting, I didn’t know that” that you could say out loud instead of automatically refuting people?
When someone confides their worries to you, did you know that “Don’t worry so much” and “Come on, it can’t be that bad” are not actually reassuring things to say?
Did you know that people eat different stuff at 35 than they do at 5 and that’s okay?
Did you know that people eat different stuff at 35 than they do at 5 and that’s okay?
Hey so did you know that the time your child was hilariously wrong about something when they were 10 has no bearing on whether they are right about “wear a mask” and “the police do lots of brutality, actually” now?
Yes I once thought I could dig a hole to China in the yard and that a pillowcase could work as a parachute if I jumped off the swingset, that’s not an excuse for you being a bigot now?
My imaginary friend who lived in the wall told me to put flowers under my pillow & that’s how we got ants, my bad, I was 6.
You listen to a real guy from the radio who tells you to hate people who are different from you & gargle salt water to kill a *virus,* and you’re 70.
You listen to a real guy from the radio who tells you to hate people who are different from you & gargle salt water to kill a *virus,* and you’re 70.
I know #NotAllWhiteBoomers are like this (you do not have to individually explain)(please do not individually explain)(I beg you, no)
If you’re worried you are, try the words “I don’t know, can you tell me about it?” for a change with your adult kids & see if you like ‘em.
If you’re worried you are, try the words “I don’t know, can you tell me about it?” for a change with your adult kids & see if you like ‘em.
P.S. Did you know that events your adult child experienced & witnessed that you were not present for makes them *more* aware & informed than you?
Oh hey did you know that your kids have their own separate memories of the things they experienced, even as children?
Oh hey did you know that your kids have their own separate memories of the things they experienced, even as children?
