Family

According to Wikipedia, a family is an exclusive group of people who share a close relationship. A family consists of people who depend on each other for support and love each other unconditionally, a relationship that surpasses time and space. Why is it then that people these days seem to be more comfortable sharing intimate details of their lives to strangers on the internet but not to their families?

A person’s dating records might be all over the internet to see, but they do not disclose such information to their parents for fear of being judged. Should children be worried more about being judged by their parents or by people who don’t know them at all. I would say that people should not be worried about bring judged by anyone but God. Yet, I feel the need to protect my parents from things that might hurt them. Others may feel that the parents will not understand their situation and will try and tell them that they are wrong.

I am not the kind of person who thinks that parents are always right. Once you reach a certain level, you can determine what is right for you and what is not. But, if you have to hide something from your family, perhaps that is an indication that you might actually be doing something wrong. It is definitely possible that your family is very judgmental and so they annoy you and always try to tell you how to live your own life. But most times they are only trying to help. There is advice coming to us from all sources. Why should we punish someone for trying to help us? If their advice is not useful, just ignore it and appreciate the love. But a lot of times, the advice we get from our parents are things we already know for ourselves but refuse to admit it. It’s possible that their advice make us feel guilty, which we know parents are experts in. Because, taking their advice will mean we have to work harder to achieve things. So when they tell us what to do, not only do we ignore it, we use it as an excuse to avoid telling them things. This way, we don’t have to hear what we already know deep inside.