If you have never felt the need to record a private conversation with a family member or authority figure in order to protect yourself and your sanity; be grateful. Some people need those recordings to help themselves not hurt anyone else.
If you are a parent who has never had your child speak disrespectfully to you, challenge your ability to parent, or respond in unfathomable anger in a way that cuts your very soul; count your blessings. Some parents weep at the lack of relationship with their children.
If your family has healthy dialogue, embraces each other often, supports everyone’s success and helps each other recover from failure; bask in that normalcy. Sometimes dysfunction comes as an unwelcome visitor then takes up residence in our minds and in our families.
If you have never experienced any of the above, try to empathize with those who have and those who continue to live with it daily.
Laugh if you must, but hold back on the vitriol for both parties.
The truth is, most of it is relatable - in a very real way - to someone on your timeline. We just never know who’s Kirk or who’s Kerrion.
If you are a parent who has never had your child speak disrespectfully to you, challenge your ability to parent, or respond in unfathomable anger in a way that cuts your very soul; count your blessings. Some parents weep at the lack of relationship with their children.
If your family has healthy dialogue, embraces each other often, supports everyone’s success and helps each other recover from failure; bask in that normalcy. Sometimes dysfunction comes as an unwelcome visitor then takes up residence in our minds and in our families.
If you have never experienced any of the above, try to empathize with those who have and those who continue to live with it daily.
Laugh if you must, but hold back on the vitriol for both parties.
The truth is, most of it is relatable - in a very real way - to someone on your timeline. We just never know who’s Kirk or who’s Kerrion.
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