“If you were meant to be controlled you would have come with a remote.” - Anonymous

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

17 October

The parent who says he loves his child but then lays down a ton of conditions the child has to fulfill to earn that love doesn’t love his child. What he’s just done is to confuse and anger the child with what’s called emotional blackmail that will one day both relentlessly corrode the child and blow up in the parent’s face. But trust me on this: it’s not love.