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[quote=Anonymous]The people on here who get most upset about the comments criticizing or complaining about parents are people who feel implicated by those comments.

So people who have been cut off by their own adult kids tend to get very angry about comments from people discussing how they have cut off their parents, or are contemplating doing so.

People who hit their kids, screamed at them, neglected them, are also the people who tend to get most up in arms about how people should "be grateful for" and honor their parents. Because they want their kids to be forced into gratitude and honoring them despite the abuse.

People who are loving, nurturing parents who genuinely did their best don't tend be be bothered by OTHER people who are to grateful for their parents. Why would they be. If their kids are grateful, and loving (which, if the parents were loving and kind, their kids will be on some level) who are they to tell someone else how to feel?

This idea that as a culture, everyone should be grateful for their parents and honor them, regardless of whether those parents were loving, supportive, kind, whether or not they hit you or screamed at you, whether they fed you or took care of you when sick, is weird. There's obviously a broad range of parenting no matter what culture you are from. Some parents are amazing, some are terrible. Why would you need ALL people to be grateful to their parents even if they might have had objectively terrible parents? It just makes no sense.[/quote]

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