02-24-2006, 11:37 AM
Parents: We could nearly always do without them.
To tell the truth Zephyr (and prove you at least partially wrong), I know exactly where my attitude comes from. My parents have been practical slaves to that "How to Raise Kids and Be Good" type of psychology since I was 4, and it's done me no end of suffering. So I reject that sort of thing as needing to be taken with a shaker of salt. However, I'm aware of why I have this attitude. The key to being really free-willed is knowing the very conscious reasons behind your feelings and decisions, rather than understanding some freaky sub-concious people get when their society won't let them think about sex (Frued reference. Jung was a Freudian).
To tell the truth Zephyr (and prove you at least partially wrong), I know exactly where my attitude comes from. My parents have been practical slaves to that "How to Raise Kids and Be Good" type of psychology since I was 4, and it's done me no end of suffering. So I reject that sort of thing as needing to be taken with a shaker of salt. However, I'm aware of why I have this attitude. The key to being really free-willed is knowing the very conscious reasons behind your feelings and decisions, rather than understanding some freaky sub-concious people get when their society won't let them think about sex (Frued reference. Jung was a Freudian).