{"id":5504,"date":"2023-05-22T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T20:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2023-05-22T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T20:08:11","slug":"these-things-dont-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/these-things-dont-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"These Things Don\u2019t Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>However much they seem to be prioritized by other parents, by certain cultures, perhaps by your own parents, or your instincts, in the end, it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter what color they dye their hair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026it doesn\u2019t matter how clean their room is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026it doesn\u2019t if they\u2019re gay or straight or anything on any spectrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026it doesn\u2019t matter where they go to college<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026it doesn\u2019t matter what field they enter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026it doesn\u2019t matter how dark or strange or profane the music they like is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026it doesn\u2019t matter whether they abandon the piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What matters is that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/let-them-decide\/\">whatever they choose<\/a>, however they live, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/help-them-find-their-people\/\">however they make their living<\/a>, that they do these things well, that they do them with kindness and honesty and confidence, that they find a way to be happy and fulfilled. 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That you don\u2019t lose your credibility and your connection with them in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/what-are-you-even-fighting-about\/\">pointless arguments over things that don\u2019t matter<\/a>, missing how well they are doing in the things that do matter in the process, losing <em>who<\/em> matters in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However much they seem to be prioritized by other parents, by certain cultures, perhaps by your own parents, or your instincts, in the end, it doesn\u2019t matter. 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