(May 12, 2013 at 1:41 am)Godschild Wrote: A child shows it's love for a parent through obedience, you do not get to choose that's the way it is. So if one does not accept their child's obedience as love what does that say about the parent. Actually I think you said the above for arguments sake.
For argument's sake? No, I truly believe that what you said was complete nonsense. Obedience may very well be an expression of love, but that is not what you claimed. You claimed parents want children to obey them in order to show love, which is sickening and selfish. The reason to want obedience from a child is to keep your child safe.
As a parent, it's not about what you get out of the relationship, it's about what the child gets.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
