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Parental Advice (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by fortniteplaya@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What is a good piece of advice from your parents or that you’ve learned that others may not know or that you wish you were told as a child/teen?

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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any ideas if one can't even quantity what it is they want?

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You could start with a list of things you don't want and then you figure out how to avoid them.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes all the choices you have are negative choices.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 3 points 10 months ago

Then there is still stoicism!