📝 “When Did My Word Stop Being Enough?”

📝 When Did My Word Stop Being Enough?
By Master Silk
Read the full blog at LetMePullYourCoat.com
🎧 Let Me Pull Your Coat: The Unfiltered World of Master Silk

💭 A Voicemail That Hit Too Close to Home

This one came in hot—too important to wait for my next podcast. A listener left a message that went straight for the heart:

“Why are today’s children so reluctant to ask their parents questions about life, or even tell them about their first day of school?”

I felt that.

Not in theory. Not in some general “I understand” type of way. I lived it—this week.

Today’s kids turn to AI, friends, or strangers before trusting their own parents. Kids ignore good parents. Here’s a heartfelt look at what that feels like.

📚 My Son, Fifth Grade, and the First Lesson of the Year

A few days ago, I told my son that school starts in two days. No arguments. No sarcasm. Just facts from a man who's never lied to that boy.

What did he do?

He turned to AI.
And when AI didn’t give him a straight answer…
He called our neighbor.

That’s right—my flesh and blood needed outside confirmation before he believed his father. The same father who’s shown up for every open house, bought every backpack, paid for every field trip, and held him through every stomachache.

It was like watching trust evaporate in real-time.

🧠 300 Years of Wisdom… Ignored

When I was a kid, I had access to centuries of lived experience:
Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles—all in walking distance.

If I wanted advice, I could pull up a chair, hear about the Depression, segregation, Vietnam, marriage, money, and mistakes—real ones.

And I listened. Because back then, we knew our parents had something valuable to offer.

Today?
Our children have Wi-Fi and think that’s enough.

😔 The Bittersweet Reality

Watching your child grow up is supposed to bring joy.
And it does.

Seeing my son head out for his first day of 5th grade—new shoes, fresh haircut, that little bounce in his step—I felt proud.

But when he came home, the silence was loud.

No “guess what happened,”
No “you won’t believe who’s in my class,”
No excitement, no details.

I had to interrogate him like I was grilling a suspect, not talking to my own child.
And it hurt.

Because I’ve been a good father.
No abuse. No lies. No betrayal.
Just presence, protection, and provision.

Still… he opened up more to his friend on FaceTime that night than he did to me.

🧍🏽‍♂️ Are We Competing With Algorithms and TikTok?

I never imagined that one day, I’d be competing with AI to be the voice my child trusts.
Or that a neighbor’s word would carry more weight than mine.

And let me be clear—this isn't about control.
It’s about connection.

It’s about the heartbreak of realizing that somewhere along the way, despite doing everything “right,” the emotional distance still grew.

🕰️ The Good Old Days Are Now Just… Old

We spoil our kids with everything we never had, hoping they’ll feel secure.
But maybe, just maybe…
We overcompensated.

We gave them comfort but not enough struggle.
Security but not enough reasons to lean on us.

Or maybe the world just changed too damn fast.
And while we were building legacies, they were building walls.

💔 The Silent Pain of a Present Parent

No one talks about this pain.
The pain of the present, loving parent who gets sidelined—not because they failed, but because the world made everything else look cooler, faster, smarter.

You don’t get applause for being steady.
You get overlooked.

But I see you—every father, every mother, doing the damn thing with no thanks and little feedback.
This post is for us.

💡 So What Do We Do Now?

We keep showing up.
We keep talking, even if it feels one-sided.
We keep listening, even when all we hear is silence.

And we pray that one day, they’ll see that Google can’t hug them when they fall.
That ChatGPT doesn’t know their laugh or their pain.
And that the ones who love them most—have been right here all along.

🧥 COAT PULL OF THE POST:
If you’ve never lied to your child, never hit them, never walked out on them—but they still trust strangers over you… Don’t internalize that as failure. Internalize it as fuel. Because one day, the noise will fade, and when it does, the only voice they’ll need is the one they’ve been tuning out for too long—yours.

🔗 Read more at:
🌐 LetMePullYourCoat.com
🎧 Let Me Pull Your Coat: The Unfiltered World of Master Silk
📌 Visit the Your Post Page, Reviews Page, and Video Page
📲 Follow us on IG, FB, and YouTube