Naw, telling your kid they don’t have to shake hands is silly absolutism.

You’re welcome to think that, but it really has little to do with me alone and more to do with how I know all the other people you are going to be dealing with will perceive it.

I get that typically in these comment sections we prefer to deal in extreme absolutes, but lets try not to for a second.

But the way we learn things is via repetition and cues when we’re younger, and again, what you want to do is teach them “good” and “bad” touching in context.

I’m sure the author would say she isn’t pushing “every touch is bad”, but that’s the problem with kids.

So we are analogizing handshakes to women’s suffrage, now? On a feminist website?

Yes, because, you know, the best way to help your child avoid abuse is to tell them that gramma wanting a hug is weird or abnormal.

I mean, it could be as simple as money, but reality rarely is that simple and really that’s a weak answer considering how bad this has been for Subway’s reputation.

That’s the spin her lawyers put on her complaint anyways. It could be true, but it’s also the narrative spun by a carefully crafted complaint, so it could also be a complete misrepresentation of the reality of the situation.

The more interesting thing to me here will be whether this suit has legs to produce meaningful damages.

That’s an interesting thing to say about someone you don’t know over the internet.

That’s sort of on the extreme end of things, but yeah, that’s one of the potential risks of dealing in absolutes with kids.

I know, it’s almost like I want my kid to find some sort of middle ground between being a weirdo who can’t get a job because he gets offended when an interviewer tries to shake his hand and feeling like he has to hug his great aunt who smells like cats and a funeral home.

It can’t be stressed enough how important it is for people to feel like they have agency over their own body but at the same time, you have to be careful how you address that agency to your kids. Dealing in absolutes with your kids is really something you should be careful about with situations where there are more…

They shouldn’t necessarily get a cut, but it is a meaningful piece of information to know about in negotiating.

I don’t think he’s meant to be complicated because the truth is in a world like TWD you would eventually find yourself running into despots who’s reasoning for doing things like murdering people with bats are as simple as it being an effective way to encourage obedience in order to maintain order.

Really, Pat? I mean, at this point, even I think that your support for Donald Trump is getting a bit awkward.

I don’t know that I’m going to give it to them straight out, but I also won’t automatically assume they are lying.

My understanding is that it’s not entirely clear whether he and his first wife were already pretty much dunzo and ready to move on.