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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 750598" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>It's interesting how the intent of online communication can vary so much, depending on the reader.</p><p></p><p>Crayola's post didn't hit me the wrong way at all. It was exactly what I was thinking, and I did not think either of us was being cynical. I took it as a parent delivering a wake-up call. Not one of the fun aspects of parenting...but something we have to do. Eventually the couch-surfing and kindness of strangers runs out, and our kids have to earn their keep somehow.</p><p></p><p>Years ago, when my son was 20 years old, he erected a tent in his girlfriend's back yard (because we wouldn't allow him to live at home while getting high all night and not working). His girlfriend's mother told me Son said he was camping there because he (in his words) "sought only to live on air, sunshine and love." She thought it was the most adorable thing she had ever heard...and let him stay for 3 months. I (being the parent) was less than enthused and wished (and still wish) she would have supported us in giving him the wake-up call he needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 750598, member: 17720"] It's interesting how the intent of online communication can vary so much, depending on the reader. Crayola's post didn't hit me the wrong way at all. It was exactly what I was thinking, and I did not think either of us was being cynical. I took it as a parent delivering a wake-up call. Not one of the fun aspects of parenting...but something we have to do. Eventually the couch-surfing and kindness of strangers runs out, and our kids have to earn their keep somehow. Years ago, when my son was 20 years old, he erected a tent in his girlfriend's back yard (because we wouldn't allow him to live at home while getting high all night and not working). His girlfriend's mother told me Son said he was camping there because he (in his words) "sought only to live on air, sunshine and love." She thought it was the most adorable thing she had ever heard...and let him stay for 3 months. I (being the parent) was less than enthused and wished (and still wish) she would have supported us in giving him the wake-up call he needed. [/QUOTE]
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