"Disaster" <disaster@disfanfic.net> wrote in message news:<ulhdlqa5vcukab@corp.supernews.com>...
> "Vaughn L.Porter" <vaughnp@pcez.com> wrote:
> > Tessai <Tessai@cryogen.com> wrote:
> > > Personally, I found that scene shocking (only because I didn't expect
> > > it). However, you'll come to find out later that there was a reason
> > > for all of that madness. Would you stop reading a novel because your 6
> > > year old son saw a picture of a naked woman on the page you were
> > > reading (typical in fantasy novels)? I don't think so. You would just
> > > explain that it wasn't his time to understand it now, and that he must
> > > not trouble himself with trying to understand. Just remember that it's
> > > not the rap music that makes the kids do stupid shit, but the fact
> > > that parents don't discuss how to deal with life with their kids. The
> > > more honest you are about topics, the more confidence your children
> > > will have in you, and the less likely they are to do something stupid.
> >
> > Do you have kids of your own, or just read Dr.Spock for fun? Seriously,
> > that's exactly right! Parents need to talk with their kids instead of at
> > them. And NGE is proof of that! Think Shinji would be as screwed up as
>  he is
> > if Gendo talked with him? Parenting IS important.
> 
> Rubbish. Kids of the general age group we are talking about here really
> have nothing to bring to the table. That's why it's there job to shut up
> and do nothing but listen and obey. Wish I had known this from the start.
> If I knew then what I know now then my life would have been a lot easier.
> I could have closed my trap and stucked up all the knowledge I could.
> Unfortunately, I can't take my pittiful 24 years and give it to myself
> from the ages of 1 to 23.

Adults can be fuckwits too, you know.