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4. I'm sick of getting advice that stopped being useful 20 years ago

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 11:53 AM

Sep 2014

I just smile, nod, and laugh to myself at how nice it would be if the world hadn't changed.

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Why Today's Parents Have No Business Giving Their Kids Advice [View all] johnlucas Sep 2014 OP

LOL. FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #3

critical acclaim from whom?? KurtNYC Sep 2014 #15

It also assumes that the advice we parents give can't be timeless Kber Sep 2014 #5

Very good point. Brickbat Sep 2014 #6

No kidding. Someone tell this clown life is more than your career. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2014 #12

I'm sick of getting advice that stopped being useful 20 years ago Taitertots Sep 2014 #4

Yeah, no tkmorris Sep 2014 #7

he is not "giving" it, he is selling it, hence the "business" KurtNYC Sep 2014 #16

It's always been this way frazzled Sep 2014 #10

My parents careers (1940's-1980's) saw more change than mine or a millennials has Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2014 #13

"Your mother was a stay at home mom" Class privilege much? REP Sep 2014 #14