• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    As someone about to be a parent for the first time in the next couple weeks, I’m starting to understand why parents are so enamored with those little stories.

    I’m so excited about being able to raise a little girl and really want to be able to teach her everything. My wife and I will be able to experience the world in a completely new way because our child will have that excitement about everything that adults lose over time.

    To each their own, I completely understand why someone wouldn’t want kids, but I definitely think those stories are really the greatest things in the world to the parents. Because generally, a parent’s kid is the best kid in the world to them.

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      11 months ago

      thank you for telling us how good having a kid can be, when nost people just think of the bad that kids can bring to their parents life

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        11 months ago

        But he doesn’t have a kid yet, just an expectation.

        I’m all for optimism, but always be aware that children might not meet your expectations. There’s a family with 3 severely autistic kids, all of them need constant supervision and can’t do anything themselves.

        Be excited about kids, but also mindful that it is going to take a lot from your life.