UK parents: what are you passing on to your children?

[HauntedBungalow]

I recently rewatched One Battle After Another and got to thinking about the notion of legacy. How we all want to pass on a better world to our children but we can't, because the world doesn't "get better". About the best we can do is hand over a world, and a gun, like the film.

But in the UK, we can't even do that. So, with that in mind, what are you personally handing over?

Mine includes : never answer police questions; wherever you go know how to say "I'm in trouble and I need help"; always have a bank account nobody knows about; never trust a hippy; never trust a fascist.

Really? A civilised society needs boundaries!

I think this thread highlights why we have a generation of entitled kids/ young adults. Some absolutely terrible advice in this thread

Because the extreme left and extreme right meet each other eventually and join together.

My husband was almost framed by the French police when a drunk mayor crashed into his car when he was sitting in a restaurant.

It was only because a very kind hotshot French lawyer realised the police were trying to frame an innocent English person and she offered to represent him for free that they gave up.

But you quoted my post?

Don't be a dick

Take no shit

Work hard

Play hard

Pretty much sums it up

I don’t really know what I’ve passed on to ds, I’ll probably see by his actions; I think the things you believe you’ve taught your children quite often don’t stick especially if they don’t fit your own actions.

Perhaps

1. don’t buy leasehold
2. give up your seat to other people on public transport.

Can’t think of much else.

I’ve told mine that they must marry someone kind. They should above all things be kind to others and themselves. Sometimes life is shit and you can’t be happy all the time - that is when you count your blessings.
That they are stronger than they think and above all walk through life with Jesus at their side.
and if this is my legacy I want them to hold on to the fact they are loved and have always been loved.

I've got a few nice Bowie and post-punk records to hand over to my dc.

Don't think they'd want a gun. And the world's already theirs as much as mine.

The "don't answer police questions" seems to be getting questioned a lot and for a long time I would have questioned it also. I grew up being taught that the police were there to help and protect. Then one day I got a call from the police and asked some questions about something regarding an incident with a friend of mine (I won't give the details as they are quite specific and outing). My friend had been accused of something by a woman and her account had been corroborated by her two friends. I had been there throughout and what was said was not true at all and one of the friends hadn't been there at all and the other was in the location but not near enough to have had any idea what went on. I thought that if I answered the questions honestly then it would all be okay and they would know the truth. The police officer even worded it to me that my statement was essential for this. It turned out that my statement just placed him on the scene, which alongside the statements of these women gave them enough to charge him. He had some really difficult personal things going on at the time and didnt feel like he could cope with going to court so he just accepted the charge and so now my friend has a conviction for a crime he didn't commit all because I thought that the police were speaking to me to find out the truth of what happened when really they just wanted enough evidence to charge, regardless of what actually happened. If I hadn't answered their questions and given a statement which placed him there then they wouldnt have had enough to charge him in the first place.

So hippy = extreme right × extreme left.

I don't think that's always true but I see what you mean when it is

I’d say never totally depend on someone financially. Keep active. Be kind and generous. Do not take shit from your boss - they really don’t have the power.

well according to op you just ignore the door