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[lily_liedtome]

My parents both think I'm corrupting my younger sisters. My dad is appalled that they're feminists, horrified that Rebecca's favourite books are about gay characters. My mother today begged me to teach Naomi "good" things only. She hates that Naomi's myspace song is Marilyn Manson's "This is the New Shit," hates that her friends all wear black and have mutlicoloured hair, but. Those are some of the smartest, most mature kids I know -- they actually read books, which is unusual for their generation, they're all dealing remarkably well with tough family situations, and they take care of each other (to the point of over protectiveness, sometimes). My mother is scared of Naomi trying drugs or having sex or whatever, but - she knows how to make good decisions. I raised her to question the thing people tell her, and to do her own research and to ensure her own safety in a given situation, and I think she's up to coping with the bug bad world on her own terms -- If my mother would just let her be, instead of expecting her to mess up. The same goes for my other sister, Rebecca. If my mother could just approach them with the understanding that they're doing the best they can, that they need guidance and someone to love them even when they inevitably mess up, rather than with the expectation that they will in some way mess up or disappoint her. I just think everyone could be better off.

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I don't really remember writing that.

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Having never heard either Leathermouth or Reggie and The Full Effect, I still think I might go to this show. Just for the chance to be within a couple feet of Frank Iero, really. I just have to find someone to go with me -- my RL friends... would not be into it. My sister, the 14yo, likes to tease me for the whole mcr/fob/patd thing, but her friends would probably not object to being dragged along...