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whoa. that makes sense

To summarize, the Disney Pinocchio's message to children is, "Obey parental authority," but its message to parents is, "Your authority is not enough to save your child."

You can't expect your child to blindly obey without explanation just because you're in charge. If you do, they'll be led astray by villains who do explain. You can't treat your child like a puppet who will obey your commands. You have to treat them as a person with a mind and heart so you can teach them why they should obey the rules and value the things you want them to value. If you send them out helpless and ignorant into the world, you could doom them to a terrible fate. It's your responsibility to teach them to recognize and avoid evil even when you're not around, so they can avoid learning by painful experience

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Yes, the waiting is part of what makes it creepy. They think it's a good excuse. But the problem is.

The fact that you waited exposes the fact that you thought of it back when that young adult (who in many ways is still a child at 18-22) was still a legal minor.

If you catch yourself looking at a minor and having inappropriate thoughts about when they're older. Don't tell them, but don't keep it to yourself either. Seek help.

actually I will say something about this:

setting up a romance line but waiting until one of the actors is a freshly legal adult before executing it is creepy, actually, especially when the co-star is 15 years older

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this is so cute

if I could photoshop I would put a little phone in the little paw

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100 days of captain swan: day 96

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This makes sense to me- for things that are in the person's control.

Thinking about the dichotomy of "I feel uncomfortable/triggered in the presence of x/y/z environments I would like to be someplace without that" that I constantly see online and when I tell my therapist I really get uncomfortable when people raise their voices around me even if they aren't actually mad and her response of "you can only control your own reactions and emotions, it's not really fair to police others on how they should exist in your presence" and honestly it sucks to hear but she's right.. it's good to have people be conscientious of what triggers you but really it's up to us to do the hard work of building that emotional resilience. The idea of people around me having to be hypervigilant of what they say and do lest I start getting dysregulated does not sound fun at all, I want people to feel comfortable being themselves around me and that means training my dumb lizard brain to chill tf out. Living in a constant state of avoidance sucks ass for everyone involved.

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Narnia Soundtrack: Father Christmas

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we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God for the supply of all our daily need that we shall live above the world

Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

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Satan has been recycling the same 3 lies since the beginning of time. Don't fall for it.

1. You have to do something to prove who you are. (Genesis 3:5, Matthew 4:3)

2. You didn’t hear God correctly/you have the wrong information. (Genesis 3:1, Matthew 4:8-9)

3. There are no consequences to your actions. (Genesis 3:4, Matthew 4:6)

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Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas - (1991) dir. Rick Reinert

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My duck duck goose tactic when you’re it was start with “goose.” No one expects it and by the time they register it you’re vanished into the night

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i’m away with the fairies and i won’t be returning

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Always and anywhere. Time and space mean nothing to us. LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION | 2.04 | The Date Night Job