"Author Barbara Coloroso remarks that she's often heard parents of teenagers complain, "He was such a good kid, so well behaved, so well mannered, so well dressed. Now look at him!" To this, she replies: From the time he was young, he dressed the way you told him to dress; he acted the way you told him to act; he said the things you told him to say. He's been listening to somebody else tell him what to do....He hasn't changed. He is still listening to somebody else tell him what to do. The problem is, it isn't you anymore; it's his peers."
wow, that is frickin' brilliantly insightful! an explanation for the phenomenon i witnessed in most of my friends - the good kid gone bad.
Note to masses: CRITICAL THINKING, PEOPLE! Really, try it sometime.
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Date: 2006-07-20 04:10 pm (UTC)From the time he was young, he dressed the way you told him to dress; he acted the way you told him to act; he said the things you told him to say. He's been listening to somebody else tell him what to do....He hasn't changed. He is still listening to somebody else tell him what to do. The problem is, it isn't you anymore; it's his peers."
wow, that is frickin' brilliantly insightful! an explanation for the phenomenon i witnessed in most of my friends - the good kid gone bad.
Note to masses: CRITICAL THINKING, PEOPLE! Really, try it sometime.