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So I'm going to be 25 years of age in about 4 weeks, and I still don't have any babies. That's pretty sweet. I totally just owned like every prior generation of Diaz.
But as I get older and my zeal for nonsensical, quasi-self destructive behavior wanes, I think about kids in a "what if I had one" sense instead of the "what if I am one" sense.
So today I decided to make a list of pros and cons of me being a father, as I see it.
and no, I'm not pregnant.
The good points of being the son and/or daughter of Erick M. Diaz
I.)Genes: Obviously, the kid will be brilliant in ways other rugrats can only vaguely dream of in their hazy pre-sentient days. While the unwashed masses struggle with putting the square block in the appropriately quadrilateral receptacle my child will be on to much more complex endeavors, like decoding the human genome or advanced nuclear physics.
also, they'd probably be pretty attractive.
II.) Open Book method of parenting: By this I mean my stance on information sharing is "tell them everything, repeatedly, and at great length until they make sense of it, then tell them some more." I don't believe in sheltering children from important information, like where babies come from, why those people on TV blew themselves up or why the sun rises. I don't take cop out avenues to make my life easier, I'm not going to feed them a bunch of nonsense about birds and bees and suspect winged baby delivery creatures, I'm going to sit them down, discuss important issues, and provide them with the intellectual basis necessary to formulate their own, well developed opinions on the world.
III.) I am a good cook: My kids are not going to even want to go to Mc Donalds, they will be hooked to my incredible home made cuisine.
IV.) A culturally diverse outlook: I myself grew up with a somewhat racist parent, while the other was a good counterbalance I found myself looking at the concept objectively. I came to the conclusion that race or gender bias was completely wrong, and I hope to lead my children along the same path. They'd have an advantage in that neither myself nor my theoretical partner would never utter any sort of racist remarks. This would prepare them for the inevitable adversities of getting along with people from different backgrounds.
V.) economic stability: now this one is more of a work in progress, but I refuse to have any children before I'm financially ready to support them. This means that once I have one, they become my primary financial concern. I don't want my kid(s) to grow up as poor as I did, and I will make every effort to ensure that this is not the cas.
and now here are what I'd see as potential pitfalls of being brought up by yours truly.
I.) general moral irresponsibility: I have a very strange and ungrounded take on morals. I don't believe in any sort of doctrine or faith based system, so it's basically "whatever works for me at the moment." this might lead to confusion for children, as my comments on events would be out of character for most parents. Example:
Child: "Daddy, why is killing someone wrong?"
Me: "Well it isn't inherently wrong, it mainly depends on the circumstance."
Child: "So it's ok to kill people sometimes?"
Me: "Yeah, I guess you could say that..."
II.) liberal view on entertainment: I'd have a real hard time not letting my kids watch certain movies. I'd be the sort of parent to watch trainspotting with a 6 year old. That's probably bad.
III.) "modern" outlook on sex: I really wouldn't be worried about my kids having sex, after a certain point at least. I mean 13 is too young and hopefully I instill enough self respect in them that they can wait, but I wouldn't be pushing the abstinence angle, I'd be more set on avoiding std's and pregnancy, as well as trying to protect them from the emotional aspects of relationships through realistic dialogue. There'd be no "and they lived happily ever after" nonsense from me, and so my kids might end up jaded before they even go through puberty.
IV.) sink or swim mentality: I'd try to provide my kids with all the necessary tools for success, but really I wouldn't push them too hard or do things for them to a certain point. I'm far more likely to let them try things on their own and fail if necessary. I think failure is an important thing to experience, and I don't want my kids to be afraid of it. So I might come off as a bit uncaring, or even callous, but hopefully it'd be for the best.
that's all I can think of at the moment, time to go make some more money!
But as I get older and my zeal for nonsensical, quasi-self destructive behavior wanes, I think about kids in a "what if I had one" sense instead of the "what if I am one" sense.
So today I decided to make a list of pros and cons of me being a father, as I see it.
and no, I'm not pregnant.
The good points of being the son and/or daughter of Erick M. Diaz
I.)Genes: Obviously, the kid will be brilliant in ways other rugrats can only vaguely dream of in their hazy pre-sentient days. While the unwashed masses struggle with putting the square block in the appropriately quadrilateral receptacle my child will be on to much more complex endeavors, like decoding the human genome or advanced nuclear physics.
also, they'd probably be pretty attractive.
II.) Open Book method of parenting: By this I mean my stance on information sharing is "tell them everything, repeatedly, and at great length until they make sense of it, then tell them some more." I don't believe in sheltering children from important information, like where babies come from, why those people on TV blew themselves up or why the sun rises. I don't take cop out avenues to make my life easier, I'm not going to feed them a bunch of nonsense about birds and bees and suspect winged baby delivery creatures, I'm going to sit them down, discuss important issues, and provide them with the intellectual basis necessary to formulate their own, well developed opinions on the world.
III.) I am a good cook: My kids are not going to even want to go to Mc Donalds, they will be hooked to my incredible home made cuisine.
IV.) A culturally diverse outlook: I myself grew up with a somewhat racist parent, while the other was a good counterbalance I found myself looking at the concept objectively. I came to the conclusion that race or gender bias was completely wrong, and I hope to lead my children along the same path. They'd have an advantage in that neither myself nor my theoretical partner would never utter any sort of racist remarks. This would prepare them for the inevitable adversities of getting along with people from different backgrounds.
V.) economic stability: now this one is more of a work in progress, but I refuse to have any children before I'm financially ready to support them. This means that once I have one, they become my primary financial concern. I don't want my kid(s) to grow up as poor as I did, and I will make every effort to ensure that this is not the cas.
and now here are what I'd see as potential pitfalls of being brought up by yours truly.
I.) general moral irresponsibility: I have a very strange and ungrounded take on morals. I don't believe in any sort of doctrine or faith based system, so it's basically "whatever works for me at the moment." this might lead to confusion for children, as my comments on events would be out of character for most parents. Example:
Child: "Daddy, why is killing someone wrong?"
Me: "Well it isn't inherently wrong, it mainly depends on the circumstance."
Child: "So it's ok to kill people sometimes?"
Me: "Yeah, I guess you could say that..."
II.) liberal view on entertainment: I'd have a real hard time not letting my kids watch certain movies. I'd be the sort of parent to watch trainspotting with a 6 year old. That's probably bad.
III.) "modern" outlook on sex: I really wouldn't be worried about my kids having sex, after a certain point at least. I mean 13 is too young and hopefully I instill enough self respect in them that they can wait, but I wouldn't be pushing the abstinence angle, I'd be more set on avoiding std's and pregnancy, as well as trying to protect them from the emotional aspects of relationships through realistic dialogue. There'd be no "and they lived happily ever after" nonsense from me, and so my kids might end up jaded before they even go through puberty.
IV.) sink or swim mentality: I'd try to provide my kids with all the necessary tools for success, but really I wouldn't push them too hard or do things for them to a certain point. I'm far more likely to let them try things on their own and fail if necessary. I think failure is an important thing to experience, and I don't want my kids to be afraid of it. So I might come off as a bit uncaring, or even callous, but hopefully it'd be for the best.
that's all I can think of at the moment, time to go make some more money!