I want my
child to know that we will
love them no matter what.
Don't
limit yourself to one thing. Do many things and do them well.
I will
raise you to the best of my
ability and anything else is
unacceptable. Your
shortcomings are my
fault. I will raise you to be
kind and
assertive. I will raise you to be
artistic and
logical. I will raise you to be everything that I never got the
chance to be.
I hope to
experience new things through you that I never got to experience myself.
If I don't
spend enough
time with you, I'm sorry. I guess I missed the chance, because we won't realize this until it is too
late.
Some of the things I say may
contradict others, but I've never done this before so bear with me.
I know I won't always be
fair. I don't plan on being fair. I do plan to make you a good
person that people like and
trust. I do plan to help you live a life that
challenges you to learn.
I want to teach you that
money isn't everything, but it sure helps you get over some of the
hurdles in life.
I don't want you to get bogged down in life's details and not have the chance to try new things.
I'm very
nervous about raising you.
When you are in
high school I want you to go to the
parties and
socialize, but I don't want you to drink
alcohol. I don't want you there until you are old enough to
drive, so you can be the
responsible one driving the others
home.
If you do get
MIP or something, I will not leave you in
jail overnight the first or second time. You will
wish you had stayed in jail for the whole ride home and probably for the next month or two when. The third time, I will figure you must like it there so I will just leave you there.
You will not have a new
car in high school or
college. You will drive whatever fits your
budget or whatever I have leftover in my
driveway.
I will pay for your
insurance in high school and college and maybe help you with
rent. This will be based on your
performance in college and if I approve of what you are doing. I can do this becauase it is my money not yours.
This is a
work in progress. I hope to add all the things that I
remember telling myself that I would and would not do like my parents did. I'll never remember them all and some of them have changed over the years and will change after this. So many of these things are what my dad did for/to me. I think I turned out pretty well so they must work. Remember that above all else we love you.