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Published · transcript-backedJeff Holmes: commitment
29 Dec 2021 Conversations with Tyler Conversations with Tyler 2021 Retrospective
“Do you think it’s generally true in the sense that we, maybe conveniently, are just willing to tolerate a certain kind of — mistreatment is the wrong word — but we will humiliate our kids in ways that we would never humiliate another adult by, for instance, having a conversation about them in their presence, where you talk about some bad behavior or something.”
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- Jeff Holmes
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- 29 Dec 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…It’s hard for me to know how well. I have the feeling I’ve changed less over the years than most people, that I was a bit older, young, and now being older, I’m still somewhat young. I suspect the main market failure you see with parents is their mode of interaction is driven by narcissism or their own problems within the family unit rather than concern for the kid, rather than, well, they can’t remember what they were like. I would think that’s pretty low on the list of what is going wrong. Do you think it’s generally true in the sense that we, maybe conveniently, are just willing to tolerate a certain kind of — mistreatment is the wrong word — but we will humiliate our kids in ways that we would never humiliate another adult by, for instance, having a conversation about them in their presence, where you talk about some bad behavior or something. I try not to do that. Can I say for sure I’ve never done it?…
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