Cruel to be kind Why Should I Care

Why Should I Care?

Has an English teacher ever marked up your entire paper, just to push you to write better next time? Do you ever think your coach is yelling at you to run faster because he cares about how well you'll do in the championship? Have your parents ever taken away your laptop, given you more chores, or enforced a curfew to teach you a lesson?

In all of those cases, you were treated to a nice healthy dose of someone being cruel to be kind. Sometimes it stinks. In fact, most of the time it stinks. That's where the cruel part comes in. But you come out stronger, smarter, and more responsible for it in the end.

Let's face it. Without someone pushing us to be better, we might not have gotten to the place we are today. So next time your mom/coach/teacher gives you more work, think: maybe they're just being cruel to be kind. And don't worry. You don't have to hug them or anything. This will just be our little secret.