Yeah, I had a parent like that too in the ‘80s. Even my friends were like…”damn, dude…”. Like the meme says, you find ways to work around and avoid the person, but they still find ways to make life hard. My other half grew up with that “spare the rod” shit too. We’re strict parents, but never anything like that. Ever. Fuck that noise.
Appropriately enough, I’ve been (unwittingly?) teaching similar “survival” techniques to younger students/subordinates in various professional capacities over the years, but it wasn’t until leading an actual Survival Skills program that I came to realize that others of my generation might wonder at the roots of this knowledge I’ve honed over the years.
Still, spending each week for a whole summer training new squads of 8-12yr olds from marginalized communities to track, hunt, and “capture” groups of their peers w/o being detected until the last possible moment… especially when it wasn’t “in the curriculum” and none of the other groups were remotely aware of their role in said exercises? Yeah. Priceless. 🤣🤘🏼
Yeah, I had a parent like that too in the ‘80s. Even my friends were like…”damn, dude…”. Like the meme says, you find ways to work around and avoid the person, but they still find ways to make life hard. My other half grew up with that “spare the rod” shit too. We’re strict parents, but never anything like that. Ever. Fuck that noise.
Appropriately enough, I’ve been (unwittingly?) teaching similar “survival” techniques to younger students/subordinates in various professional capacities over the years, but it wasn’t until leading an actual Survival Skills program that I came to realize that others of my generation might wonder at the roots of this knowledge I’ve honed over the years.
Still, spending each week for a whole summer training new squads of 8-12yr olds from marginalized communities to track, hunt, and “capture” groups of their peers w/o being detected until the last possible moment… especially when it wasn’t “in the curriculum” and none of the other groups were remotely aware of their role in said exercises? Yeah. Priceless. 🤣🤘🏼
Not a skill path I would have ever seen coming. Have fun.
Gotta use the tools ya got, right? 🤷🏼♂️🤓
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