What I think is it's all about finding the middle ground. It's not all or nothing. You do have an impact on your T's but you won't be able to destroy them. They have grown up stable enough to allow to be 'touched' but not to be destroyed'. And vice versa: they do have an impact on you (mostly beneficial and sometimes not - because they make mistakes like all of us do) but you won't be destroyed by them.
Middle ground, not black or white, not on or off.
Hope this helps