<p>Not buying the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, if the kid lies, the parents must be liars. I know plenty of families where the parents are straight arrow decent but one or more of the kids goes off the rails. Mental illness is a huge curve ball, IMHO.</p>
<p>The Perfect Parent producing the Perfect Child is a myth. We’re human. Only human. Even those who sit in harsh judgement are human, prone to huge miscalculation.</p>
<p>Pardon my short temper on this subject, but I spent 12 years in Catholic schools ‘learning’ to imitate a perfect being and it taught me that the pursuit of perfection is sheer folly.</p>
<p>To top it off, I finished reading the new deKooning biography. deKooning was a deeply deeply flawed human being. He was so far from the CC ideal–his mother would be flamed if she posted a story about his behavior. And yet…and yet…the brilliance of the man, the mastery of the craft. He was a gift to mankind.</p>