I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if my wife and I had started a family. Maybe we would still be married (or maybe not). Every where you go there are kids. Nearly every car, nearly every house, nearly every street, nearly every park, nearly every store has kids in it.
I have no experience with kids. Kids make me nervous. They scare me because they do dumb things which could result in my inadvertently hurting them. They are tiny and fragile so the littlest thing can hurt them. The thing that scares me the most is the enormous legal liability they represent to any adult. In the eyes of the law, if a child is hurt or even just frightened, any involved adult is automatically guilty until proven innocent.
As a parent, you probably look at children in a much different light but as for me – I do my best to stay clear of them.
I have a dog. Dogs are a liability too, but not as much as children. Most people receive a lot of joy and entertainment from children. I sometimes wish I understood that, it’s the norm. Children scare me so I live alone with my dog. He is my friend, his name is Beng.
4 comments:
You're a blogger. Cool! Kids are a little less fragile than you might think. They're pretty resilient, actually. If any kids deserve to be screw up it's mine. But they grew up to be pretty normal, even above the norm. I guess you could say I was blessed by God.
Dave
I don’t consider myself a blogger, I just like messing with the technology.
Your kids are pretty good, I don’t have any issue with them. Well, maybe Shawn but he’s getting better...
yeah, but i have an excuse with shawn... he's my grandson! i don't have to try to make him behave.
dave
A common grandparent misconception?
Wishful thinking maybe?
Perhaps you have ultimate responsibility.
Shawn exists because of ????
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