Depends. What, if any, are the negative effects on my son? (And, I suppose, what are the negative effects on me? There's this guy in Terry Pratchett's Diskwo

Depends. What, if any, are the negative effects on my son? (And, I suppose, what are the negative effects on me? There's this guy in Terry Pratchett's Diskworld series that spends his life looking for the fountain of youth. This confuses Rincewind - why look for the fountain of youth while you're young? But the guy persists, and eventually finds it, and learns the hard way the really important thing nobody ever tells you: boil it first. The point is - or at least the point I took from it is - don't be so busy chasing living forever that you miss living.)