-recognizing when other peoples’s behavior is not a reflection on you at all, is important.

for parents, in various situations, perhaps cultures…

you can that stop imposing your will on others, for how they behave, their instincts, their interests, their modes of expression, are not in fact an expression of much of anything to do with you, but of them.

I find it alarming (though experience of those close to me) that persons should feel guilty through letting others define them.

fucks sake, the hell with the system, and persons your age, define your damn self.

we really ought to teach kids this, instead of what happened to me.