And especially for school stuff and food and TV - why be so tense and encourage discipline, even if you're not too strict and/or religious, thanks. And is it all normal, logical and natural (and let's for argument's sake from this debate at least for a while excuse err "outright obvious abuse", thank you).
Is that alright folks, thanks.
My family is pretty chilled, actually.
You might want to replace “our” with “my” in your thread title 👍
Hhhmm - interesting.
Relatives were a celebration throughout my entire life. In fact, one may be from the last generation that had the huge SUnday get togethers. I don't know if parents do it nowadays. Anyway, it was a celebration, pretty much every Sunday with all the relatives.
Parents were a lot of fun growing up - but they had their moments, as do all parents. They weren't at all religious. Even discipline wasn't a big deal. Of course you were expected to stay out of trouble and get good grades. Very few tense moments because neither myself nor my sisters were the troublesome type.
Nowadays, as a full fledged adult, I enjoy my parents more than ever. NO tension at all - more so laughing hysterically.
Who says parents and relatives are not fun and can't relax?
You're making an assumption that's not true for everyone.