MINDEXPLORER

As I reminisce about my childhood, there were a lot of things that I had to learn, and some of those things I had to unlearn as I grew older. Childhood memories are precious and formative but some of those memories shaped me into an adult with certain perspectives and beliefs that don't apply to my current reality. In retrospect, these are the things I learned as a child that I have to unlearn as an adult.      1: Your Parent’s enemy is your enemy One of the things that our parents taught us while growing up was that their enemy is our enemy. Well, they had their reasons. Whenever my parents had a quarrel or a misunderstanding with someone, they would warn us not to associate with the person and even their children if they had. We were made to believe that anyone who doesn't like our parents doesn’t like us. As I grew older, I realized that your parent’s enemies should not be your enemy. There is a thin line between blindly following others and making our own c...