Jimmy Wales

And that's not great.

And instead, you know, I actually I talk about this a lot in the context of teenagers and parents, because I have a teenage daughter and one who's now grown out of it and one is about to be a teenager.

It's like, okay, with teenagers, what do parents need to do?

Well, you need to start trusting them.

And I sort of advise, particularly if it's a bit of a problem situation, it's like, say, I'm going to trust you.

They want to go out and do something.

I'm like,

I'm going to trust you.

I want you to live up to that trust.

And then we're going to have a better path forward.

You go out a few times.

You don't come home drunk.

I'm going to trust you more.

You come home and you didn't do what you said, you know, whatever.

You forgot to pick up your sister from school, whatever.

I'm going to lose trust.

And you know what?

Kids respond really well to that.

Like they really want like we all do a rational framework in life where like things make sense.

And it's like, oh, yeah, actually, my parents aren't tyrants.