@DearAuntyAng
Ann-Gela Kaye
@DearAuntyAng · 4:23

I cringe when parents refer to their child as their "Mini Me"

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And yes, who our parents are obviously shapes how we look and other things like that, even diseases we may carry because of genetics, I get that. But we are unique individuals and we will flourish even if we didn't have parents. And I'm not saying that we don't need parents, but children are orphaned every day. And guess what? They keep on living. Because once your parents have conceived you and birthed you, you are a separate person

In my opinion, our children are not a mini-me!

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Brian Foreman
@BKFOREMAN69 · 4:56
Now, when you name a child at birth, you have no idea what genetic lottery or disadvantages advantages they're going to get. I am an organizational psychologist and psychology professor, and I've worked 30 years working with child development agencies. So it's interesting to me because I've used the term, but not very often. And it's only when people it's so funny. Again, I'm Brian and she's Brianna. Because it's not Brianna. It's Brianna
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Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 1:50
So I do understand the need to make children still embrace their individuality no matter which parent they look like. But, yeah, that's as far as I go with using the Mini me thing. Looks. That's it. But, yeah, this was an interesting swell cast. It was very interesting
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Ann-Gela Kaye
@DearAuntyAng · 2:36

@BKFOREMAN69

And so is he. But my parents divorced when I was young. I was three, and so my dad didn't live in the house with me, so any traits that I have of him is simply genetic. Because it wasn't like I watched him do these things because we didn't grow up in the same house or I didn't grow up in the house with him. So clearly, obviously, genetics is going to play a role
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Ann-Gela Kaye
@DearAuntyAng · 2:33

@MsColes77

I said it was never about trying to make them be me, because I guess growing up, it was a big push to have them develop their own individuality, especially as young men of God. Like, listen, first of all, they can't act like a woman. Let's be real. And then two, they got to be themselves, and I don't need them to be each other. I'm very careful not to say to one like, well, your brother did this
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Brian Foreman
@BKFOREMAN69 · 1:15

@DearAuntyAng

And with two daughters, my father had passed when I was little, so it was always a thought if I had a son, it would be a junior to pass on. I don't know, whatever. Yeah, so she's my middle child and I do have a younger one yet, because we kept going. The cutesy thing is my daughter's middle my daughter's middle names are Faith, Hope and Love, with my oldest being Faith Middle Hope, Youngest Love. So thanks again
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