Tuesday, April 8, 2008

End of AOC

Phoenix, Yumi's 15 year old son, wanted to join the rioters in Seattle, and he wanted to run away with the Seeds of Destruction. When he informed his mom he wanted to leave with them, Yumi actually did her son a parental favor by not treating him as a child, and instead as his own individual. I was impressed by that. She actually did something parentally constructive as a parent, by talking with her son, and letting him decide for himself which path he was going to take. It's not uncommon for adults to try to force their children into submission, and ultimately the child rebels and goes against his parents wishes. Yumi did the right thing by treating her son as an individual.

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