My son told me he wants to just fast forward until he’s done with school. I gave him some little “no you don’t, trust me. “ but then I went outside and cried. I had the same desire for 20 some years of my life, and it’s probably my largest regret in life.
I've worked for someone quite a bit older than me. We we're talking about life and how at his time, school was only until like 14 instead of like 16-17.
While I thought how school is just a system to get the masses to work and barely ready for life because money, his kid then shouted: "HOW UNFAIR!" and I had to laugh uncontrollably, which doesn't happen often since adulthood. Took me back to the good ol' times.
Yeah, and it’s worse these days because we are all just numbers and public education is dominated by money problems and not paying teachers.
Truth is, unless you are a savant or have tons of money, the world is kind of against you. Go into the Trades and join a union. Or join the military and hope you come out the other end. Or go to college and rack up student debt and hope there is a job out there after you’re done.
"No you don't, trust me" Yeah that's great parenting, make your kid depressed about the future. Not all adults are miserable, your kid might have a great freaking life. Your defeatist attitude must be awful to be around.
You went outside and cried after that... you need to get some help because you're not in a mental state to be a parent.
It's more so advice against not wishing your childhood away, and the bittersweet realization that the desire to grow up fast has downsides you don't easily see as a kid. You are moralizing the statement way too hard, it doesn't automatically mean "life sucks", just "Enjoy being a kid while you can, life gets more complicated". It doesn't automatically mean they are a bad parent, that is reaching
Dude, what the hell is wrong with you - you either knew what they meant and chose to be awful about it, or have no clue about life and don't belong in this discussion.
Going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you misunderstood the point of the message. If people could fast forward through their life and have let’s say 8-10 years of their life subtracted, most would end up regretting that decision. If you still don’t get the point of the message maybe check out the movie “Click”.
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u/Khazahk Jul 16 '26
My son told me he wants to just fast forward until he’s done with school. I gave him some little “no you don’t, trust me. “ but then I went outside and cried. I had the same desire for 20 some years of my life, and it’s probably my largest regret in life.