Mastodawn

yes, this is why I said “I see where this is coming from” but I still find the framing completely irresponsible

I participate heavily in pretty much every aspect of my house (I am just more of a “high energy” person compared with my wife) Sometimes, I feel down and do get quiet®. If my kids (grown already) noticed and tried to cheer me up, I would take that as an incredible sign of love and affection…

What is described in this post, seems to me a normal household where humans, not robots, live.

Completely different story about parents whose mood swings go from loving to beaters, for example… but again, the wording of the post frames very normal human behaviour as abusive

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jonathan Mar 4

Not everything has to be about you. See all the other posts on this thread and accept it resonates with their experiences.

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Jhex

What? it is 1000% not about me.

For the last time (I have written this about 9 times by now) I did understand the post, I know exactly what they meant because, as other have pointed out, when you have lived it you recognize it.

My problem is that is so poorly written, I think vulnerable people may misconstrue it and wind up painting their parents as abusive when they are not… or, perhaps worse, paint empathy as a bad thing (which is a fashionable thing to do from all the toxic alpha male influencers nowadays)