I respectfully disagree. Aside from being a parent myself, I’ve counseled parents on this. You can be friendly, sure, and have great times together, sharing experiences and thoughts. But you and your child are not peers (basic human rights aside).
Ideally (when the child is young), you are a supportive, loving, caring authority whose primary function is to mold another human being into another loving, caring person. And that means you set rules that at times have to be enforced, often especially to the child’s dismay (as I’ve also often said to parents, if there are times when your child hates your guts, you’re doing something right).
Children (especially at certain ages) can be incessant opportunists, always testing the limits, always pushing for more. And that’s a good thing as they spread their wings, seeing what the world is like. But be prepared to sometimes push back, for their own good. Because if you don’t, the world will, and sometimes to greater detriment.
Adult children is something else. Now the relationship can be closer to one of equals, ie, actual friends.
I think I’m trying to come up with an answer that no one thought of. That’s all.
I also have no idea who the afore mentioned person is.
But once again, In general
Not all sports are boxing. I just mentioned it because there are weight classes.
You know, instead of gender seperation based:
Swimming
Running
Tennis
Baseball
Skiing
etc
It could be by weight class. Stop focusing on the example of the sport I gave that already uses weight classes and try to see why it was brought up in the first place.
Would It work? Iono. I don’t and never will do sports. But at least stop clinging to the one thing and look at what I was bringing up on the broader scale.
my wife gave birth to 3 beautiful kids, naturally no pain meds surgery nothing. It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. The most painful thing she’s ever experienced.
How can a trans woman be a woman? I can say how they can’t be… it’s Not bc they’re infertile (lots of women are) but bc they don’t have sexual anatomy, the genetics, the dna, the hormones the chromosomes. Women give Birth to children and repopulate the world.
Don’t reduce the importance and significance of the most AMAZING and special and unique thing away from the one gender that can actually create life from inside them.
Men cannot be women. A trans person can identify and play the role of a woman. But that can’t factually be one. #science
Definition of a woman has many definitions as well. Medically, i treat women a specific way vs men. When a man has abdominal pain that means something different Than a woman. So medically transwomen are not women. Biologically they’re not bc of dna and hormones and chromosomes and the ability to carry children. Sexually they’re not bc of the lack of sex organs.
The only way they can be a woman, is culuturally. Which is bigoted bc trans women are culturally appropriating on women culture. And that’s sexist.
Thank You! I didn’t read through the whole thread so I’d be surprised if you were the only one to post some common sense. BUT, if you were, that’s just sad; it’s sad that it had to be said.
You talk like someone who’s never had their life threatened just for being in public. Trans people aren’t asking to be liked. They’re fighting to exist in public spaces without being abused, scapegoated, and murdered.
You don’t have to care about that.
But you don’t get to act like it’s just a matter of being like or not liked.
Growing up to do? That’s actually a really appropriate term. I want trans people to get to grow up. I know too many who never got the chance.
