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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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Anon doesn't have a plan (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

I knew a girl who had been "homeschooled" by her super Christian mom. Thankfully, the indoctrination didn't take, she was intelligent, but wasn't given the education she deserved. Moreover, she developed anxiety and would take ages to leave the house for planned events. Turns out that by babying her and never pushing her boundaries, she never learned that critical inner-push that all of us who've ever woken up and been like, "Ughhh, I don't want to go to school/work today" have spent years overcoming. That sense of, "Well, I've gotta do it, so let's just get up and get it done" didn't develop, as she was allowed to just stay in or sleep or whatever instead of learning to tolerate the discomfort.

It always bugged me when parents treat their offspring as if they'll forever be children, instead of treating them as future adults. These stories are the inevitably outcome of that.