Parents...

I wonder how parents function.

As a young child, you probably thought they were the greatest, that they knew everything, that they were invincible, that they could and would protect you no matter what...
In other words, they were gods!

As the years go by, they start to lose their importance...
They're no longer gods... just demi-rulers...
They still pretty much control your world.
You're around 13 - 16 years of age at this time...

Once you hit 18...
Doors are opened.
You realise that your parents can't, or won't protect you.
You realise that you do know more about certain things than they do.
You might argue a whole lot more, as you wish they could remember the time when they themselves were 18...

Parents are really amateurs.
I mean, no one is born with the genetic imprint of a 'good' parent.
Even if even when your child has their own child and you have time to put into your parenting resume, you're really still inexperienced, simply because you can't go back in time and re-live your child's childhood.
Even if you have a football team of children, all of them are different.

They have their pride and their weaknesses...
They are allowed to be self-centred and lazy too...
Some parents won't allow it because they feel like they owe something to their children...

So conflicted now...