A lot of people aren’t going to like what I have to say: Parenthood is about sacrifices. Anybody who tells you a child does not change your life very much is not just lying, they are telling the biggest lie imaginable. Children don’t just change your life, they ruin it.
Pardon me?
Yes, that’s right, children ruin your old life. They also give you the tools and the means to build yourself a new and better one including them. That is not however what this post is about. This post is about sacrifice.
Big, bone-crushing snakes may sound cool. They may be nifty pets when you are a not a parent. But as soon as you have children, it’s time to get rid of the snakes. Not just snakes either. Any “pet” that has a reasonable chance of killing your child in a sudden unexpected fit of rage, or even just a sudden unexpected fit of acting like the animal they are, needs to go. Right now.
A record of good past behavior is meaningless, because all it takes is one incident for your child to end up dead.
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