7 Things I Wished My Parents Taught Me In My 20s

I wouldn’t say my parents were the most perfect or imperfect pair. But all I know and understand is that they gave me the training and education they thought was best for me. Looking back now, I realized that some of the things my mom taught me, although essential, were unnecessary at my tender age of 17. And in the same vein, I really didn’t need some of my dad’s crazy ideas about the terrible nature of humans. Bloody humans, he would call them. All that just didn’t apply to me. At least not yet. My dad experienced a lot of turmoil and had to battle jealousy even from his best friends. While that was enough to change his mindset about people and the entire world, I wasn’t ripe for that kind of sentimental thinking pattern. Of course, he didn’t mean any harm – after all, he was just trying to look out for me. And he still tries to look out for me in whatever little way he can.  Hey, wait a minute. I’m not saying that most of what my parents taught me was thrash. Neither am I trying to fit in the shoes of Socrates and act like a young sage.