Vappy

Texas A&M University

“ I knew it before, but I have more clarity on the fact that my parents are human beings now. They have said and done dumb stuff. I had to learn that my parents have a history too. They aren’t perfect and we all need to unlearn somethings. Most unlearning is looking at toxic behaviors that we don't even know is negative. We see a lot of stuff as normal behavior. I haven’t experienced this first hand but for instance, there is the idea that if someone is in a relationship and they don't get jealous then something is wrong. When really that’s not good, that means there is a trust issue there. Instead of listening to this feeling and working on it it's just accepted as the norm. There are things I thought were good, or okay or normal, and maybe they either aren't or shouldn’t be.”