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You're just going to off load your lost potential and lack of ambition on to your kids, and so on and so forth. It's the main reason why people have them.
by lusus_naturae 3y ago
You're just going to off load your lost potential and lack of ambition on to your kids, and so on and so forth. It's the main reason why people have them.
- baz00 3y agoI mostly had my kids because I was drunk.
- generic92034 3y agoBoredom is another common reason. ;)
- Aeolun 3y agoWell, if nothing else, it certainly solves that problem.
- SanderNL 3y agoYou're being negged into oblivion, but you have a point. There is "I'm OK with my pedestrian job but I still try to do my best and actually like the people there" and "my job sucks all joy out of my life and provides me with nothing of value except money". I have kids, but I somehow skipped the "I want to be the best"-phase and went straight to "I'll make do with whatever you give me" so nothing really changed. I actually work a bit harder now so my kids can see work is good - also to pay for their fancy shit. Even stupid jobs can be sources of relative joy if you let them. Don't put up with abuse of any kind, though.
- wiz21c 3y agoThe opposite is no good. I had 1 or 2 opportunities which a lot of people of my age were looking at with envy. I was not super gifted but they came out of passion: by working on the things I loved relentlessy, I ended up being noticed. I was good because I worked a lot. It was not hard work since it was stuff I enjoyed a lot to do, but I spent countless hours on it (about 25-30 hours a week in addition to my studies or day time job). Problem with the kids is that when I tell them about that, they feel they don't have enough passion to succeed. So you see, eventhough I was on the right side of success for a while, it scares the hell out of them...
- vdqtp3 3y ago> they don't have enough passion to succeed Then they should find something they are passionate enough about to succeed.