How should you feel about yourself if your child develops an “addiction?” Should you be ashamed that you did a poor job as a parent? Someone recently asked philosopher Leonard Peikoff a similar question, to which he brilliantly replied “you’re not training an animal.” What he meant by this statement is very simple and straightforward… Continue reading PARENTS – You’re Not Training Animals!
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Yes, Your Dad Chose To Be A Jerk.
Who would choose addiction? No one would. People don’t make bad choices. They always act completely rationally. If you believe this, then you probably believe the disease theory – which rests on the premise that if a behavior is self-destructive, then it must be involuntary. Gene Heyman astutely identifies this premise in his groundbreaking book… Continue reading Yes, Your Dad Chose To Be A Jerk.