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NTPham's avatar

I found your series through Tamy’s recommendation and read through all 10 parts. Thank you for putting in the extensive work. As you intended, I find it very helpful to see the problem in its larger cultural and generational contexts. In the end, being a parent always has meant opening up oneself to the possible excruciating pain of losing a child, whether through disease or war or separation as in all previous generations. Why should we parents expect to be exempt from this pain? This is the epidemic of our times.

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Mama Bear Proud's avatar

As I read the comments you cite from Reddit, I can’t help but wonder if the adult kids really have experienced “trauma”, “immature behavior” and the like from parents. I can’t help but think that what they consider supportive is by going along with whatever they want with enthusiasm.

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