• xylogx@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As a kid I got a lot of “Do as I say not as I do.”

    The lesson I learned is that a lot of grown ups are hypocrites. I saw this so much it made me decide I would always be honest with myself and others about why I was doing the things I was doing. It is not always easy, especially now that I have kids of my own, but it is much healthier in the long run. I teach my kids by example rather than preaching fake piety.