Seems clear they are just taking cues from their Gen X parents. All lines up. The daughters are actually more interesting since they are rejecting their parents views.
I am trying. Parenting sucks. Incredibly gifted child who wants to do nothing more than deny his programming to fit in w the popular kids. It's been really hard, giving up is always tempting.
Likely absentee parenting as the first gen to lose their children to the internet from an early age. Devices are an easy fix for boredom and years down the road you aren’t aware Andrew Tate is teaching your son about being a man. Fuck.
I don't know what to say. I think the attitude is fucking destructive and dumb and I am doing literally all I can when it comes to me and mine to win hearts and minds. Changing the hearts and minds of an entire generation of boys is beyond my powers. Unsure how many 20yo boys you might know (I have never asked if you are a parent, sorry), but they are SUPER malleable and thus "gettable" to change. So, while I support (fully) your anger, I think more persuasive methods are necessary to peel some of these guys off.
I'm at least thankful my conservative parents (Mom might have voted D a couple times) never discussed politics, who they voted for, or pushed us any direction. Sister and I ended up big libs, brother uber-mega-chud.
I interact with them pretty often and i get the impression they're very open to explanation (at least in my niche) and changing their minds, but its very hard to compete with volume. I doubt they truly understand what they want out of society except some nebulous sense of vibes, until they're confronted with actually having to choose and see the options. Also i get to be like "wow, it looks like these policies just ended up shuttering two med schools in like the first month of being implemented. Didnt you want to go to med school? Do you think there'll be enough slots by the time youre applying? Lotta research is being cut for no reason, i hope you had your projects finished."
Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) 2025-05-09T17:16:47.199Z
"He said your future is working in a factory. Is a college degree really helpful for trump's plans for you? He kinda has the power to force you in that direction and seems to be using it"
i think the frat boys are hooking up fine. They're just dipshits. But they are moldable at this pt in time.
my parents were big trickle down economics and tax cut believers (lol) but were never religious and I remember my dad telling me at like 16 that abortion shouldn’t be restricted so we were probably raised moderate. my sister and I both turned out to be big fancy libs
Bad things are "the government" good things are "trump", allows these idiots to keep up the delusion. Straight cult shit
Kids are dumb and impressionable. We were dumb and impressionable when we were kids. Our kids are/will be dumb and impressionable. Their kids will be dumb and impressionable. The kind of dumb and what leaves an impression on them obviously varies and can change, but saying parenting is the singular cause is arrogant as hell.
her friend group is super lib and fucking loathe the man o sphere guys. One of their text threads among other things was making fun of guys who talk about Andrew Tate. I was legit teary eyed I was so proud
It isn't. I see you trying your ass off and succeeding. I've got a 3 year old boy. His mom divorced me, came out of the closet, and is now partnered to a trans person. I can see and feel him taking notes on how I treat and talk about his mom and her partner every single day I'm with him. The chance I get to build his concept of respect and love for women and non cis/hetero people started yesterday, and there's no time off allowed for providing that example. All of the young misogynist/biggoted men and boys I've known came from pretty predictable circumstances
turns out it is tough to be a public facing figure, dealing with cameras, lights, and tough circumstances. Her bitch ass fainted, which somehow 96 year old Biden avoided while leading a booming economy.
Idk but someone named “Camryn” with blonde hair and a cross necklace fucking loves to say the hard R and should be put down
Only refugees can be white. Christian doesn't matter b/c we've shipped a bunch back to the middle east.
Genuinely has anyone *ever* been owned so badly as a man who converts to a new religion as an adult and sorta makes it his whole thing only to see the literal head of that religion rebuke his entire deal and then they choose the NEXT head of the religion specifically because he doesn't like you— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) 2025-05-08T19:09:22.627Z
It’s much higher. 53% are don’t know/no response/none. I’m willing to bet all 53% are far right but don’t want to come right out and say it.
I would not say I am succeeding. It's been a hell of a journey My son has had a good heart since birth. He is also secretly deeply insecure and wants to fit in and not be different in any way. He's an interesting case study: ADHD (like all of us lol) Obsessive Thoughts Extreme Anxiety Depression All diagnosed / agreed upon by a combo platter of 3 Psychol and 2 Psychiatrists since 12 yo Yet he has mastered this false front of this 'cool guy' so he doesn't have to be a scared little guy anymore. He is this big ol workout fiend popular frat boy bartender but has this core inside him that he tries to deny and hide I model the "strength" it takes to have empathy outside of your friends and family and to be scared. And to embrace your feminine side b/c it contains your gentler and kinder nature that makes you human (imo) He has started (@ age 19) to 're-warm' to us (it started with him working to repair the damage done to his relationship w my wife, thankfully, b/c I care far more about her than I do myself and she was truly broken by his distance from our family from 13-19yo (her dad is dead, her mom is dead, this family is all she has, and he's is her 1st born boy...which is a whole different thing)) Sorry to dump, but I do the work w him every day. And I do know most of the boys close to him. I have seen them be empathetic AT TIMES. And yeah, some of their parents are shit. One guy has parents that are Left of AOC and the kid is pro trump. So snap conclusions from TMB dickheads (not you, just generally) do not fit all circumstances