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Jeff Swann
@Jeff Swann
"Because I said so" is how you raise a statist cuck who will mindlessly fight any war or otherwise sacrifice himself for any org that positions itself as an authority, or at best a kid who ultimately rebels & has to relearn everything for himself.

Reason & logic rooted in sound moral principles are really the only path to raising good people. Evading the resonsibility of actually understanding & being able to communicate why you do the things you do will eventually just make you into a tyrant or a normie follower like everyone else.

Getting pretty sick of everyone over at the Daily Wire.

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mleku · 88w
my dad used that my mother explained things my mother needed to be more firm but that was her main mistake - and this is also why i believe a good father has an important role in being firm, women are naturally not as good at that my dad was an actual psychopath, so there's that also in recent w...
StackinBeets · 88w
I fully agree. I don't ever tell my daughter "because I said so". As a result, she doesn't accept this as an answer from others, like when her grandma says it to her. I give her an elaborate explanation of why I believe my course of action to be correct. This also means that at this point I rarely h...
Ľḭṿḙśƫṟãɖãṁṹṧ💫#RunCoreV30 · 88w
Because I said so ends the conversation. The last you want to do with your child is ending conversation. No matter how bad shit gets, the love of communication must stay honest and open
James A Lewis · 88w
At the same time ... I've found we have definitely erred on the side of too much explanation, and now our eldest basically needs us to tell him our reasoning before he complies. Authority exists and is not just one will overpowering another.
Deleted Account · 88w
Facts!!!
Marakesh 𓅦 · 88w
My pastor once said one of the most important things you can teach your child is immediate obedience. I'm still figuring out whether that is correct or not, but that wouldn't rule out the child asking why after the fact or while they are in the process of obeying, and I agree that "because I said so...
node · 88w
I always explain the reason why to my kid. No need to give him a BS authority wall. I want him to become a responsible adult
Bhowe9 · 88w
Agreed. There is a difference between cajoling your child, allowing them to get their way, and appreciating that they are inquisitive and question what they get told. Vast majority of bitcoiners were kids who always wanted an explanation and didn’t accept “I told you so” as an appropriate answ...
nostrich · 88w
Damn. This resonates a lot with what I've learned and thought about game theory today lol nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp25s9sryjmw4rc39y8kh025l3v0de24n9x6rnxgwx62pra45jrn3qythwumn8ghj7cnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcqyz8y73h9xlh95np3kfy2nacnjv0kwd5y5lkh2x6wrrehk0c6u7zewf9z85...
nostrich · 87w
Wow
ETT · 87w
I don't think you're giving young people enough credit for ability to nuance this issue. My kids understand that "Don't challenging my parental authority" /= "Don't ever question anyone in authority."