My mom called me this morning to let me know my cousin's husband had sadly passed in a car accident this morning. They had been together for about 10 years but only married a month. Then she told me about all of the drama in that particular branch of the family, i.e. my uncle (her only full brother) and his crew.
I told her that I was thankful she let my brothers and I fuck up sometimes because we learned the consequences of our actions. My aunt did every science project, book report, etc that my cousins were ever required to do throughout school. They never had missing homework. They never got grounded for making bad decisions. They're now all adults with zero accountability and far too many kids.

#letyourkidsfaceconsequencesortheywillbeshittyadults