Doing what you love

Tonight I watched Whip It. An amazing movie I must say. But while I was watching it I couldnt help but think of how often the scenario happens. Parents want children to do what it is that they want (mostly because they could never go as far with it as they wanted) then their children become upset with their parents, rebel against them and do crazy antics to discover what it is they want.

When does the vicious cycle end? Should it?

If it never happened and parents were always very open to what it is their children wanted then we wouldnt have the special moment when they accept you and see you in newer eyes, meaning more appreciation than the already ridiculous amount of love we all hold for family. (but that doesnt go without saying that children do need limits)

If it did, then maybe in the end we would loose them, because of course not everything has a happy ending.

And for those children who have parents that couldnt care less, hopefully they'll strive for more and achieve more than any of their family member's would have thought of them.

So where does that leave me? With a headache.

Compromising with each other would help, I think that parents should push their kids but to do great things in general. If they approached their child and gave them the options and the child agrees, then they decide whether they want to pursue it or not. And parents should be open to what their children have to say. To what their children want to do whether it be for life or as a hobbie or extra curricular activity.

I think that if parents wouldnt be so ignorant and senile, kids wouldnt be so against them. Or atleast it would be toned down a bit.