Do you have young kids? What are you doing to ready them for a world turned upsidedown?

When i have children they will be learning to code, learning jiu jitsu , and playing a team sport
 
I don't have kids but when I do I will teach them to be incredible kind, but also extremely deadly
 
Foraging for food is a great skill to have
 
VivaRevolution said:
So not one parent here is emphasising computer programming?

If I did have a kid, I think I would want them writing java at 6 years old.
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What if there is no electrical grid ?
 
Love and cherish for the most part and you do different things for each stage of their lives. When they were younger I worked part time working out of the house so I could be home with them as much as possible, about 7 years. I probably read to them an hour or more a day including about 30 minutes every night before bed. We played outside and with the other kids from the neighborhood at lot so they got tons of socialization. I was a weekly volunteer in their classrooms through second grade. TV was only on during the weekends.

I really placed value on school and college, I was careful that my verbiage was encouraging and that going to college was a forgone conclusion. I have two daughters and the oldest was kind of shy and the only way she would play soccer was if I coached. I found out I loved coaching and would up coaching around 30 teams in three different sports. By coaching my kids teams I got to be a bigger part of their lives and get to know their friends.

Another great thing about coaching is how it can give better access to you children should you happen to get divorced. My kids were in second and fourth grades when we split up and I only had 50% custody and I was coaching teams for both of them. When possible I always made sure I set some of the practices up on my ex-wife's custody day so I could still see my kids. Plus games are usually on the weekends so I could see them then too when it wasn't mine days. It is like free money.

I also let them be themselves and not try to be the source of much negative energy. If I show them respect then I always believed they would respect me and themselves. I did lots of other stuff too, tried to always eat dinner together at the table, kept a decent home, clean sheets every week and tried to be a good host to their friends.

I also gave them pretty steady access to the internet and their smart phones. I didn't really mind as they were always trying different aps, reading various stories and mostly exploring social media. These tools are how people and business will work and communicate in the future to a certain extent and I think this will benefit them. Plus they can pick up a lot of social skills. Both of my kids have some really wonderful friends and very active social lives.

Now they are older and are much more independent. My youngest is a HS junior and starts for the soccer team, takes mostly ap courses and is doing great. My oldest is a freshman at Berkeley, joined a sorority and seems very happy too. They need a different dad at this point in their lives and it's a big adjustment to see them so independent. I miss making them pancakes or crepes but understand this is the way it should be.

I did this stuff for me just as much as I did it for them. I did not have the best upbringing but I was able to have the childhood I always wanted through my kids.

What a great ride it has been!!!!!
 
Stoic1 said:
Being in the military I will likely be in the middle of "it" if shit goes down. He and his mother will have everything they need to survive for quite a while. But likely I will not make it back in some kind of end of days world war. I already know that the #1 parenting skill I can teach him is self-reliance and resilience. Anything after that is just a bonus. However, my additional responsibilities:

My son will know how to fight. With fists. With a knife or stick. And with guns.

At 1yr old he can already use a tablet and a phone to find his disney videos. He will grow up in a digital age. If I could pick his profession I would have him be an electrician then move into renewable energy.

He will know how to fix simple machinery, and his first car will have a carburator and a distributor. I will probably buy it broken and make him fix it.

He will know how to hunt and fish. I have friends that do those 10 day survival courses and outward bound programs for troubled kids. When he is old enough he goes.

Also financial responsibility. Save and invest. The same way my grandfather taught me.
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Make that 1st vehicle a diesel, you can make your own fuel and they run forever
 
HIMBOB said:
Solar power dude.

Decentralised generation is the future.
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True but if there is a complete breakdown of society computer skills won't be as valuable although they would still have a place
 
Stoic1 said:
Being in the military I will likely be in the middle of "it" if shit goes down. He and his mother will have everything they need to survive for quite a while. But likely I will not make it back in some kind of end of days world war. I already know that the #1 parenting skill I can teach him is self-reliance and resilience. Anything after that is just a bonus. However, my additional responsibilities:

My son will know how to fight. With fists. With a knife or stick. And with guns.

At 1yr old he can already use a tablet and a phone to find his disney videos. He will grow up in a digital age. If I could pick his profession I would have him be an electrician then move into renewable energy.

He will know how to fix simple machinery, and his first car will have a carburator and a distributor. I will probably buy it broken and make him fix it.

He will know how to hunt and fish. I have friends that do those 10 day survival courses and outward bound programs for troubled kids. When he is old enough he goes.

Also financial responsibility. Save and invest. The same way my grandfather taught me.
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You should try to avoid screen time until they are 18 months old.
 
Cooz said:
You should try to avoid screen time until they are 18 months old.
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I'm told 2 years.

Fucking tough though.

Sometimes it's the only way to distract him enough to eat his dinner.
 
HIMBOB said:
Love
Understanding
Respect
Empathy
Communication
Physics
Mathematics
It
Delayed gratification
BJJ
Taikwondo
The responsibility of privilege.


And how to start a fire with nothing but things you can find in the bush.
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Started out strong then stumbled so so hard after BJJ
 
mike sherry said:
Mostly a joke about taekwondo, but the idea of priviledge having a responsibility is just nonsense
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I like it because of the TMA aspect and not getting punched in the head as much.

I feel if my sons grow up as well educated children of well educated parents in the best country in the world he has some duty of care towards the extremely vast majority of people who didn't have his advantages. Further such efforts tend to make people happy.
 
Rod1 said:
My daugher seems to have inherited my ass, my grandfather white skin, my wife´s big dreamy eyes, my dad´s bipolar disorder.

She is going to make one man really miserable, but otherwise i think pretty women can land well as long as they have half a working brain.

EDIT

My daughter is a baby, so dont ask for pics or even think about it
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Careful bruh, this forum loves the incest accusations. Take good care of your lil girl tho man. I like seeing posters talk about their kids. :D
 
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