A movie parent may never want to be the father of a child; this is the reality of the world. We can’t be alone in the mind of our children or in the world around us—they need to go through their lives and their relationship with the world. So much of the human experience is made up of movies; it is no different than the experience of a real person.
When we first meet a child we think about certain scenarios. We imagine our child has a family of six, a couple of kids, or a lot of siblings. We think of what that child would want, what if we were to have that child. We think of how they would react to certain situations. We think of how they would look. Then we think of how they would act.
Our first reaction to a child is often our first reaction to anything. Unfortunately, when we meet a child, we also meet the parents, and our first instinct is to try to meet the parents where they are. We try to be nice, we try to be understanding, we try to be patient, and we try to be supportive. And that’s usually it. We meet the parents, and we immediately assume that’s all there is to the relationship.
Sometimes it is, but sometimes it isn’t. For all we know, your child could be in a fight with the person your husband is trying to convince that your child is alive. When we meet two people we love, we try to look for signs of how we can be of service to them. We want to help with whatever they need.
We want to help with whatever they need. That is the point of encounter movies. They’re the movies that you see where the main characters have to deal with a situation that is so big and so overwhelming that they can’t think of anything else. They are the movies where nothing else matters. They are the movies that our own lives don’t matter. We want to be like those parents.
There are many different ways to be like that. They can be like people, like you and I, as well as people with different personalities. If we can be like that we can be like people, just like people with different personalities. We can be like people, like you and I.
The movie encounter is a perfect example of parental alienation. It’s a movie that talks about the difference between what it takes to keep a parent’s attention and what it takes to keep a parent’s attention. We have all had the experience of being on Parental Alienation Watchlists, but we didn’t have the experiences to have a parent take you off the list. That is one of the most powerful experiences you can have.
If you are a parent, you need to realize that the people you love the most for a while are not going to be the same people you love the most years from now. Even if you loved them for a while, you still need to realize that the people you love the most are often not the same people you love the most in the next few years.
One time, when we were kids, our parents were the best things to ever happen to us. They were our teachers, our friends, our lovers, our everything. And yet, as adults, as adults you are often left wondering about them. Did you really know them when you were kids, did you really know them now? Was it really fair to be their kid? Did you really know them? To be honest, the answer is both questions.
The fact is you don’t. Parents are people too. They are the people you love the most, but they are also the people you hate the most. You can love them in the old way, the way they say the things you say, or you can hate them in the new way, the way you say the things they say.
