We too often minimize the sacrifices parents make for us

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• Veedem@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  While everyone else can argue about what level of sacrifice constitutes an actual sacrifice, I want to point something out:

  The dad isn’t sacrificing anything in this image. He’s simply helping his son across lol.

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  • Allonzee@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Dad why do you take pills?”

    I have crippling neck pain.

    “why?”

    I’ll tell you when you’re older.

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• tacosanonymous@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think my problem is that my parents never made any.

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  • realitista@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Unless they put you up for adoption or sent you to live with relatives, the fact that you are still alive disproves this point.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Doing the legally mandated minimum isn’t a sacrifice.

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    • callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah yes. Just like my parents say. They put a roof over my head, therefore I should shut the fuck up about all the abuse and other neglect.

      Please mom & dad quote that verse to me again about how the bad child should be fucking killed.

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    • howsetheraven@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh really? Only those 2 things and nothing else? You lack critical thinking, empathy, imagination, and much more in between.

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• s@piefed.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My parents sacrificed the world economy, rule of law, and a breathable environment for me #blessed

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• zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sacrificing means giving up something valued for the sake of something else. Nothing is of value to me except my kids. In that sense, I don’t have to sacrifice anything.

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  • PlaidBaron@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Other things have value for me. Its just that nothing in my life is more valuable to me than my child.

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    • zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I see. My interpretation might have been wrong. Things can be of different value, from low to high. What I was trying to say was, that it does not feel like a sacrifice to me, since I am not losing that much, and I gain a lot, by investing time and money into my kids.

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