i thought, the point of having children, was so you could have somebody to take care of you, when you get old and feeble. and that whole, vain attempt to create something more awesome than the person who created it. but what do i know, putin doesnt want me near kids.
Comic Books, Slacks, Herpes, and Parenting Advice
walkonby wrote:
i thought, the point of having children, was so you could have somebody to take care of you, when you get old and feeble. and that whole, vain attempt to create something more awesome than the person who created it. but what do i know, putin doesnt want me near kids.
I just want the world to have my wonderful genes spread to it.
Hexenjagd wrote:
It is like I don't even know you…
Also this thread is ridiculous. People who want to talk about parenting are not the same people who want to talk about comic books.
Did any of you comic fans start Red Rover Charlie? It is a tale about the end of the world, from the perspective of three canines. it is written by Garth Ennis (of Preacher, soon coming to AMC as a show and then will be really part of our pop culture) and is a lot of fun. It, like most of the books I read, is geared towards adults.
I read some of his Hellblazer series when I was still of the age to read comics.
My wife's parents didn't pay a dime toward her college. They did, however, give 10% of their earnings to their church. Crappy parenting.
If someone can afford expensive concert tickets AND healthy contributions to your kid's college fund, then that's great! If someone is putting a INFANT (less than one years old) in daycare, making two incomes, and using the extra second income on concert tickets, wouldn't you think maybe they have mixed up priorities?
Why is it wrong to think a baby (under 1) should be with its mother all day? Ultimately it's the choice of the mother, and the man needs to respect that choice.
If someone can afford expensive concert tickets AND healthy contributions to your kid's college fund, then that's great! If someone is putting a INFANT (less than one years old) in daycare, making two incomes, and using the extra second income on concert tickets, wouldn't you think maybe they have mixed up priorities?
Why is it wrong to think a baby (under 1) should be with its mother all day? Ultimately it's the choice of the mother, and the man needs to respect that choice.
James wrote:
My wife's parents didn't pay a dime toward her college. They did, however, give 10% of their earnings to their church. Crappy parenting.
If someone can afford expensive concert tickets AND healthy contributions to your kid's college fund, then that's great! If someone is putting a INFANT (less than one years old) in daycare, making two incomes, and using the extra second income on concert tickets, wouldn't you think maybe they have mixed up priorities?
Why is it wrong to think a baby (under 1) should be with its mother all day? Ultimately it's the choice of the mother, and the man needs to respect that choice.
You are always putting your opinions forht as if they were facts. There are reasons besides income for someone to work. For example, great health plan or awesome retirement plans. And some workplaces even pay for childrens college education. It is annoying. We know your wife has you by the balls you don't have to let us know everday.
My parents spent zero dollars on my college education and I graduated and have a decent job. And neither did my sister and she has a multi-million dollar house in Fairfax Station and had a nanny and a maid. Evidently your wife graduated from college as well and turned out fine.
There is something to say for earning your own way. I visited all the mansions in Newport, RI and by the third generation all the offspring were pretty useless people (of course Anderson Cooper is the exception) Giving everything to your children does not equal them ending up being better prepared for the world.
people put babies, under one, in daycare? i remember when i was a kid, pre school days and maybe even during school days, i went to something called kindercare. we got nice snacks and had blasts on cool play grounds and made neato friends with the other kids we met that we normally would have never met in our inclusive lives. but the place smelled like dirty baby diapers sometimes and one time this kid escaped and the police were called. the memories.
James wrote:
My wife's parents didn't pay a dime toward her college. They did, however, give 10% of their earnings to their church. Crappy parenting.
If someone can afford expensive concert tickets AND healthy contributions to your kid's college fund, then that's great! If someone is putting a INFANT (less than one years old) in daycare, making two incomes, and using the extra second income on concert tickets, wouldn't you think maybe they have mixed up priorities?
Why is it wrong to think a baby (under 1) should be with its mother all day? Ultimately it's the choice of the mother, and the man needs to respect that choice.
you are reducing your point to nothing: "the sun coming up tomorrow will be a good thing!" um, yah.. i think we can agree with that..
ultimately parents can always do more for their kids.. as I have repeatedly stated I find your comments on parenting offensive… you are nobody to be passing judgment on anybody but yourself yet you specialize in judging others that you don't know- on parenting no less- seemingly in order to puff up the great job you're doing…
have a little class and some self confidence and do your parenting job and stop worrying so much about what others do..
in the end few things will impact your child as much as their genes anyway; something one is entirely powerless to control….
atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:kosmo wrote:
Best parenting advice ever
Try, "NOT HAVING KIDS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AhGvR0143s
I didn't watch the video but "Trying to have kids" is the best part.
What made you change your mind about having a child atomic? Weren't you anti kids about a month ago or so or was that just schtick?
I was just joking around. I have always wanted kids.
why did you wait until 56?
Yada wrote:atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:kosmo wrote:
Best parenting advice ever
Try, "NOT HAVING KIDS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AhGvR0143s
I didn't watch the video but "Trying to have kids" is the best part.
What made you change your mind about having a child atomic? Weren't you anti kids about a month ago or so or was that just schtick?
I was just joking around. I have always wanted kids.
why did you wait until 56?
49 and I don't have to discuss every facet of my personal life on the board.
dont most kids nowadays, just grow up hating you, and become like justin beiber; sans the part where they have fuck you money? im talking about the part where they commit felonies and smoke pot all day.
atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:kosmo wrote:
Best parenting advice ever
Try, "NOT HAVING KIDS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AhGvR0143s
I didn't watch the video but "Trying to have kids" is the best part.
What made you change your mind about having a child atomic? Weren't you anti kids about a month ago or so or was that just schtick?
I was just joking around. I have always wanted kids.
why did you wait until 56?
49 and I don't have to discuss every facet of my personal life on the board.
yes you do, or get out.
atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:kosmo wrote:
Best parenting advice ever
Try, "NOT HAVING KIDS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AhGvR0143s
I didn't watch the video but "Trying to have kids" is the best part.
What made you change your mind about having a child atomic? Weren't you anti kids about a month ago or so or was that just schtick?
I was just joking around. I have always wanted kids.
why did you wait until 56?
49 and I don't have to discuss every facet of my personal life on the board.
do you think some children will think you're the grandpa rather than the father?
walkonby wrote:
people put babies, under one, in daycare? i remember when i was a kid, pre school days and maybe even during school days, i went to something called kindercare. we got nice snacks and had blasts on cool play grounds and made neato friends with the other kids we met that we normally would have never met in our inclusive lives. but the place smelled like dirty baby diapers sometimes and one time this kid escaped and the police were called. the memories.
many people in the US do it…they have to as its typically not enough with one income these days…
daycare has some pluses though… the child gets exposed to other children more just as you did…the early socialization can be quite beneficial for baby's development… in some cases that additional exposure to other kids could even be critically important actually…why o why do i always use so many adverbs..
i used to be very down on daycare… we've never done it with our kids… i'd be uncomfortable.. but i don't judge my sister because they had to put their infant in daycare.. i don't think she's a bad parent.. and actually their daughter is doing great…
I'm going to venture to say that his first (17 year)marriage wasn't conducive to starting a family and he wisely waited until he was at the right point in life to do it right. Bravo Atomic!
walkonby wrote:atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:Yada wrote:atomic wrote:kosmo wrote:
Best parenting advice ever
Try, "NOT HAVING KIDS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AhGvR0143s
I didn't watch the video but "Trying to have kids" is the best part.
What made you change your mind about having a child atomic? Weren't you anti kids about a month ago or so or was that just schtick?
I was just joking around. I have always wanted kids.
why did you wait until 56?
49 and I don't have to discuss every facet of my personal life on the board.
yes you do, or get out.
How much socialization does an infant under one need? They are not even aware of the other infants.
If you're referring to the socialization the daycare workers who no doubt give them as much individual attention, cuddling, breastfeeding, and unconditional love as their mommy would, well I guess you got me on that one.
If you're referring to the socialization the daycare workers who no doubt give them as much individual attention, cuddling, breastfeeding, and unconditional love as their mommy would, well I guess you got me on that one.
hutch wrote:walkonby wrote:
people put babies, under one, in daycare? i remember when i was a kid, pre school days and maybe even during school days, i went to something called kindercare. we got nice snacks and had blasts on cool play grounds and made neato friends with the other kids we met that we normally would have never met in our inclusive lives. but the place smelled like dirty baby diapers sometimes and one time this kid escaped and the police were called. the memories.
many people in the US do it…they have to as its typically not enough with one income these days…
daycare has some pluses though… the child gets exposed to other children more just as you did…the early socialization can be quite beneficial for baby's development… in some cases that additional exposure to other kids could even be critically important actually…why o why do i always use so many adverbs..
i used to be very down on daycare… we've never done it with our kids… i'd be uncomfortable.. but i don't judge my sister because they had to put their infant in daycare.. i don't think she's a bad parent.. and actually their daughter is doing great…
hutch wrote:
and I don't know who you are surrounded by… here in Arlington and with my friends in the area having kids all I see is child-obsessed parenting… kids being shuttled from one activity to another…some kids being taken to 4 or 5 events on one weekend day!..parents freaking about what preschool their kid gets into..i just got back from the storytime at westover public library and you could not fit one more kid or parent/nanny in the place… i don't believe that in the history of mankind we have ever seen such an all consuming focus on parenting… i don't say its a bad thing or a good thing but in general in our society today it is all about the kids.. .even the whole "when you have a kid your life is over…" mantra people are told when they're expecting….
Cheers for this. I strive to be as far from that kind of parent as possible.
Hey, a parenting thing I can agree with Hutch on! Props to Hutch!
chaz wrote:hutch wrote:
and I don't know who you are surrounded by… here in Arlington and with my friends in the area having kids all I see is child-obsessed parenting… kids being shuttled from one activity to another…some kids being taken to 4 or 5 events on one weekend day!..parents freaking about what preschool their kid gets into..i just got back from the storytime at westover public library and you could not fit one more kid or parent/nanny in the place… i don't believe that in the history of mankind we have ever seen such an all consuming focus on parenting… i don't say its a bad thing or a good thing but in general in our society today it is all about the kids.. .even the whole "when you have a kid your life is over…" mantra people are told when they're expecting….
Cheers for this. I strive to be as far from that kind of parent as possible.
James wrote:
How much socialization does an infant under one need? They are not even aware of the other infants.
If you're referring to the socialization the daycare workers who no doubt give them as much individual attention, cuddling, and unconditional love as their mommy would, well I guess you got me on that one.
well as you no doubt know autism spectrum disorder is a big thing these days…
I could see early exposure to other kids being beneficial for kid with asd as part of an "early intervention" scenario….about 1 in 40 boys these days and growing are on the spectrum..
like i said…its a case by case thing… a parent may do one thing, make one choice, and realize that their choice ended up not being helpful… you do the best you can and the chips fall where they fall… but its all so complex, with every kid being different that i don't think there is one great way of parenting
moreover, do you ever wonder about how 300 years ago the consensus on parenting was very different from what it was 200 years ago and 100 years ago and now? what people as a whole think is the right way of parenting is not necessarily "right" because i would argue there i no "right" way…at least not the same "right" way for everyone.
only 50 years ago in certain societies kids were sent to boarding schools, dads were very aloof and unloving…. yet people in the main turned out ok…
i'm' not passing judgment one way or another.. just saying that i definitely observe a "this is the way you should parent" undercurrent going on…
i realize the issues may be getting mixed up and we're probably in agreement on a lot.. i got to run though
I am glad I chose not to have kids.
Can someone change the title of this to just parenting? I am going to start an actual comic thread for people to talk about comics and not have to wade through pages of "my kid this" and "parenting that."
Can someone change the title of this to just parenting? I am going to start an actual comic thread for people to talk about comics and not have to wade through pages of "my kid this" and "parenting that."
Should we have individual threads for both herpes and slacks as well Who has the ability to rename threads?
I've always thought the ones odds of having herpes are probably inversely proportional to number of comic books read as an adult. Can anybody provide data on this hypothesis?
I've always thought the ones odds of having herpes are probably inversely proportional to number of comic books read as an adult. Can anybody provide data on this hypothesis?