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brooksmoses) wrote2021-07-26 10:04 pm
brooksmoses) wrote2021-07-26 10:04 pm
On being responsible for things, from elsenet
In response to a thread about someone's reactions to long-ago abuse in the form of being unreasonably punished for minor accidents that were theoretically under their control, it occurs to me:
It's really important to be able to say, "Yes, I am responsible for that problem, but what you are demanding in recompense for it is outside the bounds of my responsibility."
And thus it's also important, when we teach our kids to be responsible for their actions, that we also pay attention to what we're teaching them about what that responsibility means, and what it doesn't mean.
It's really important to be able to say, "Yes, I am responsible for that problem, but what you are demanding in recompense for it is outside the bounds of my responsibility."
And thus it's also important, when we teach our kids to be responsible for their actions, that we also pay attention to what we're teaching them about what that responsibility means, and what it doesn't mean.