Submitted by silly_sad_machine on May 1, 2008 - 10:17pm.
My wife is pretty adamant about the "no McDonald's" thing, and I don't suppose it would hurt our daughter to never eat the stuff. There's nothing wrong with a few unnecessaries, though. I certainly won't be spending money every chance I get, but if some ridiculous, fad-swept little trinket will really, truly make her happy ... so be it.
As for the video games, my daughter is going to grow up on them. I have fond memories of my older brother's Atari, and I got my first 8-bit Nintendo when I was 7. I've been a gamer ever since, and I can't imagine denying my daughter the joy that video games have given me.
As for things I swore I would never do to my kids? ... Make them build fence and work cattle are the first two that pop to mind.
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My wife is pretty adamant
My wife is pretty adamant about the "no McDonald's" thing, and I don't suppose it would hurt our daughter to never eat the stuff. There's nothing wrong with a few unnecessaries, though. I certainly won't be spending money every chance I get, but if some ridiculous, fad-swept little trinket will really, truly make her happy ... so be it.
As for the video games, my daughter is going to grow up on them. I have fond memories of my older brother's Atari, and I got my first 8-bit Nintendo when I was 7. I've been a gamer ever since, and I can't imagine denying my daughter the joy that video games have given me.
As for things I swore I would never do to my kids? ... Make them build fence and work cattle are the first two that pop to mind.
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"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein."
-- Red Smith