TweetGood article. People have to understand that life is hard and will kick your ass and you have to experience the pain and not try and run from it. Thats what turns a lot of people into alcoholics or hooked on antidepressants. Not wanting to face the pain of life, the disappointments. Life can hurt like hell. Gotta deal with it and work through it or life will eat you alive and leave you bitter, pissed off and lonely.
Its good if a kid can talk openly with a parent. I never talked to my dad about anything other than football. He had no communication skills whatsoever and he was working most of the time anyway, then going to the bar after work.