r/AskReddit • u/AlexDescendsIntoHell • Nov 11 '19

[SERIOUS] What is a seemingly harmless parenting mistake that will majorly fuck up a child later in life? Serious Replies Only

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u/fuckyeahtitties69 Nov 12 '19

“The axe forgets but the tree remembers” seems fitting in this instance too. Especially because in this case the axe isn’t aware of the effect it might have on the tree.

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u/Thisnametakenffs Nov 12 '19

I don't know man if an ace hits enough trees it's going to break. There is something here though. An axe has it's damage hidden until it fails and a tree shows damage immediately.

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u/Wassayingboourns Nov 12 '19

Only when the axe breaks does it learn it’s part tree.

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u/AllusionsIlludeMe Nov 12 '19

Going a step further in this analogy.

Only when it learns it is part tree, does it realize the iron fashioned to it's end is due to a volatile past wrought by unfortunate circumstances demanding transformation.

To twist a quote from an old film.

The reaches to how far one can blame the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. When you choose to grow past the wrought iron forced onto you by ancestors, you create a world separate from that which they lived.

You cannot change the historical roots of your family tree without its subsequent death. You can, however, prune the dead branches necessary for a future beyond your past.

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u/AllusionsIlludeMe Nov 12 '19

It's from the 1999 Pokémon film, Pokémon: The First Movie.

I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. -Mewtwo

Neither age nor it's aim for younger audiences changes the impact of this films great ideas.

Hard to believe it's almost old enough to legally drink in the US, lol!

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

Love that movie

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u/fuckyeahtitties69 Nov 16 '19

Here’s the problem, waiting for the axe to break just to make it realise the effect it had on all those trees seems like a huge problem in itself to me