#authority-and-control

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19 hours ago

My father spent thirty years telling me exactly what was wrong with my life and the one time I gently told him something true about his, he didn't speak to me for six weeks - and in that silence I finally understood that what he had always called honesty was never actually a conversation, it was a performance with no room for a second actor - Silicon Canals

A parent's relentless criticism disguised as 'brutal honesty' serves to maintain their authority rather than genuinely help their child grow.
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