Unpopular opinion on parenting
ENTITLED turds don’t exist in a vacuum. They don’t come from a parallel universe. They are birthed into the world, molded by experiences in the household and in communities. As what I have learned in my first sem in criminology, how we navigate relationships and circumstances in our lives are formed due to both the gene lottery and learned behavior. The fight or flight instinct may be in our genes. But, whether you’re in the deep end of the gene pool or in the shallow part of it, doesn’t fully dictate whether you’ll punch or run from an irritant. It just dictates your baseline. The amygdala fires up and cortisol spikes — that’s the DNA lottery at work. But what happens next? That’s where the parents are supposed to step in. Biology might load the gun, but learned behavior pulls the trigger. Let’s look at basic behavioral psychology — specifically, operant conditioning. It’s a concept so straightforward we use it to train lab rats, yet modern parents continually bungle it. When a child ...
