Cultural AD/HD

thedailywhat:

Parents These Days of the Day: 15-year-old puts up normal teenage Facebook post bashing her parents for making her work too hard, dad reacts by posting a video response to her grievances on her Facebook page. (Make sure to stick around until the end for the video’s dramatic conclusion.)

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At first, I thought it was kind of amusing and I could totally completely and utterly understand how angry he is—I have kids, I get it. They are ungrateful wretches. But teenagers do stupid things, say stupid things and they often say stupid things they really don’t mean, especially in the heat of the moment. And then they have no idea how to fix it—part of what we have to teach the little wretches is how to back down, how to apologize, how to take responsibility for all their behaviour.

So, when I got to the video’s “dramatic conclusion”? You, sir, are completely in the wrong. And ironic—because what you did there? You gave in to the anger of the moment and acted rashly.

Wow. I am in such a disturbed mood now.