When I say adult , I mean college grad.

How are y’all able to discuss and digest the events of our society in 2020?

I find almost daily that my wife and I are on one side of issues and our two children are 180 degrees off from us. I came from nothing , no education and have been the American dream poster child. Hard work , wife able to stay home , kids never “wanted” for anything. Put em both through a major university, lots of family time , great home life lots of love and quality time.


Almost daily I feel made out to be the problem of our society rather than the segment that builds it. I sent two kids off to college and 2 different kids came back.

I would burn that place to the ground if I could , you spend your life hustling to provide and nurture and the faculty at the university just opens their head dumps everything out and re arranges it.

I am not gonna say which place but it’s my opinion that they are all the same.

Lastly have any of you who have experienced the same ever just said “I am done” and closed the wallet and charted a course to die with no wealth to leave behind ?

It's been that way for probably 30yrs, a lot of what is behind the riots and statue removal are the 25-35yr old.
It's what happens when all these liberal professors get a hold of our kids.

I am lucky, both daughters college grads, married real men 19 and 23 years ago. We are all on the same page regarding current events, politics and religion. And, we are all 2A supporters to the full extent of the law and then some.

My mom, sisters, and I are in a group chat (middle sister added me, not sure I'll ever forgive her for that), and talk daily. We all are like minded on the recent events.

I'm truly sorry to read about your relationship with your kids. Hopefully someday there'll be a meeting of the minds.

We have gotten lucky in that our kids are all adults now with decent to good jobs. More importantly they are good people it seems. They are all self sufficient and doing well in these crazy times. We tend to see the current situation about the same. They understand the link between hard work and success. There are little things we may disagree on but its pretty minor stuff.
My son is not a Biden or Trump fan at all and wants a 3rd choice. I can live with that. One thing I did not want and that is to force my beliefs on my kids. I just tried to teach them to look at both sides of an opinion and make an informed opinion themselves. No real issues between us all in that regard. It never bothered me that they were exposed to different opinions as we knew we did our best to set an example as we could. I'm sure we missed the mark occasionally but I am happy in how they turned out.
Their views changed more toward ours after they became parents themselves. I think that was a key factor in them seeing a bigger picture.

I'm kinda in the opposite situation. My parents are in their late 70's, they no longer felt safe living by themselves for health reasons, so they moved in with my wacko demwit sister. She still has Beto stickers on her bumper. Before they were pretty conservative, my dad was a welder and then an inspector, my mom was a housewife most of the time. Now 2 years later they are so far left I hardly talk to them anymore. I have three 3 nieces and one nephew. The three girls all went to college got degrees and are currently living with their parents with no job. They all cried together when Trump got elected. My nephew went to a trade school and is now a master electrician and is more hardcore right than I am. My sister went to UT and the nieces went to Texas State.
As I've stated before my son is in a conservative private Christian school making straight A's, 17 years ago it was my dream for him to go to UT, I am now leaning towards encouraging him to go to a trade school. I don't know much about what kind of graduates Baylor is turning out, but that would have been my second choice.

Yes . . . .

“I am done” and closed the wallet and charted a course to die with no wealth to leave behind ?"

I will leave no more than final expenses (to pay off CC & Auto loans) and cremation $$$ Let 'em sink or swim.

"NOBODY GETS NOTHIN'" They didn't work for it, they don't get it.

Maybe your children are enlightened, balanced and whole and you’re the damaged, fractured and lost one

It happens in the schools with TALL GRASS

I have a 20 and a 25 yr old. Both in college and living at home with us....still....and wife refuses to make them work. Period. Says their “job” is getting their free education I pay for. One is on my side, the other is on “her” side.


Gets pretty western around here come news time.

4 kids.. 25 Son, 23 Daughter (Navy), 19 Son, 12 Daughter. The three older ones are in lock step with our political views and can discuss the events with no issues.. All three of the older ones are out on their own working and require zero Financial support. None of the three went to College or trade school. None of the three were out rioting and looting! The little one is still to young to tell, but she does like Trump.

My father on the other hand is a looney liberal (like Bernie Sanders looney), abuser and liar. He believes disabled Veterans should be required to pay for their own care and shouldn’t get retirement benefits, so whack-a-do left. We no longer speak but even when we did it always led to him screaming as if that wins debates in the political arena. The two us couldn’t even agree on how to spell Ronald Reagan.

Yeah.....maybe that is the case

I am still proud of my girls and love them, both are good people youngest just finished her masters, the oldest has a few years ago , I just wish they wouldn’t buy into some bulls hit that gets peddled these days.

I’ve had these thoughts lately. Not because of my son but my DIL.

Both of our kids are doing fine and share our conservative views.

The 39 year-old son (you know as Ratz) is a little to the right of Attila the Hun in his views. He got his love of baseball, college football and fishing from me and we share those as often as possible.

The 50 year-old daughter lives and works in the liberal bastion of Detroit, but also maintains her right-leaning ways in spite of nearly everyone around her. She calls her mom about twice a week. Matter of fact, she called last night to tell us she was watching President Trump on the Sean Hannity Show and we should be watching too!