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See a Narcissist Parent

What is wrong with Emily Bazelon?   My boys love astronomy. I couldn't care less. This leaves me with a guilty question: What do you do when your children's interests don't match your own? Do you do your utmost to cultivate genuine enthusiasm and expertise? Do you fake it? Or do you keep the faith with your own passions, figuring you're teaching a lesson about assertion of selfhood and independence? Yes.  Duh.  No shit, Sherlock.  This isn't tough stuff.  You chose to bring an autonomous, sentient, emotional being in the world.  You didn't have to do this.  No one forced you.  No child-ghost floated around in the ethosphere, screaming, "Pick me!  Pick me!"  You created the blob of flesh that now has consciousness. The child is part of you, but the child is not you...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 13, 2009 (boomark / email).