“If I were meant to be controlled I’d come with a remote.” - Anonymous

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

10 January

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 irretrivably corrode the child and blow up in the parent’s face. But trust me on this: it’s not love.