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You Know What The Worst Weapon In The World Is???? Aug 16, 2008 10:08 am
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Parents and their guilt trips......UGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

It's true!!! As soon as a parent wants the upper hand, they say something like, "well, we'll just see how you ________ when I'm/we're dead and gone!!!" Of course, they've got tons of ammunition stored away just to use when they want to maintain or regain control over their children.

But seriously, sometimes growing up it's hard to distinguish between honoring your parents as the Commandments tell us and doing what we need to do to follow our own paths for our own individual Christian selves!!!

Growing up, I too was manipulated by my parents strictness and use of guilt trips. However, as I matured in faith and gained Christian independence, I can now reason with my parents using the skills of truth and honesty, but also an evoked wisdom from our Lord!!

Unfortunately, there is a day we do learn our parents aren't always right. They don't always know what's best for us. Perhaps God grants them the ability in the beginning of our lives to rear us and make us strong toward our path but once we take flight.....even if we go back for advice/direction.....oftentimes parents are dumbfounded.

I don't know if your parents are or were the same but mine still try to hover over their children's lives.....not in a grand way or bad way but still at times, I guess it's just habit, but it feels as if they just don't know that their kids aren't two, three, five, seven, or a young teenager any longer.

I used to think whatever parents said you must do as they tell you, if they don't like it you don't do it, or you don't go, etc. But truthfully, coming to the realization that their guilt trips (once you're a mature Christian adult) it's harmful!! Not cutting the apron strings doesn't allow one to becoming the adult Christian God wants us to be!!

Do you agree???
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