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So, my heart blazed with love especially brightly last night after a light-hearted post-dinner conversation with the lad. He's currently mad for this particular toy called 'Bakugan', which has all the necessary media tie-ins to fully hook the wayward child into a full-on crack-like addiction.... toys, a cartoon, website, online games, guides, etc.

Each Bakugan is a few dollars, anywhere from about $4.00 to $19.00 depending upon a Byzantine labrynth of reasons known only to the toy's marketing company and any child (parents are neurobiologically incapable of grasping the reasons).

Anyway, he mentioned that with his next allowance he'll have enough for 3-5 new Bakugan, to which I replied, "Would you care to have a conversation about deciding on upper limits of how many Bakugan you will own? You already have over a dozen, for example, so perhaps setting a limit might be helpful in managing your money wisely?"

"Daddy, ANY discussion like that would be silly because it would be YOUR PREFERENCES, not MINE, because I don't want to set a limit."

Yes! But then, he added,

"Like, let's say you saw this really neat watch you wanted to have. That would be like me saying you can't buy that watch because it's my preference that you shouldn't buy it."

PWND! I love it

that's pretty awesome. the next generation i think is going to see all this hard work we are doing as just kinda obvious. UPB, duh

That's so cool! I'm always excited to hear about kids who are raised well (I would never have been able to form a thought like that when I was 8).

Once we start seeing how "precocious" children are by raising them in a good environment, we'll start to see more clearly just how bad current parenting is (i.e. what its opportunity costs are).

 He sounds like a brilliant little boy. And what a cutie !

It would be wonderful if the philosophical genius of the planet could begin to approach the natural brilliance of your average child...

Stefan Molyneux:

It would be wonderful if the philosophical genius of the planet could begin to approach the natural brilliance of your average child...

Oh no kidding!  My friend's kids are total geniuses.

Awesome!  That story gave me a warm feeling. Kudos to you for fostering an environment where your child can express such insightful ideas.

"UPB, duh" indeed

Ahaha! That is an awesome kid. I look forward to the next generation of FDR-ers. (I would probably have my kid study podcasts - is that appropriate? xD)

Fantastic! Children are truly amazing little beings. I guess we really should have hope for humanity!

What a great story!

And what I really appreciate is that you can see the value in that interaction. A lot of other parents that I know would have taken a situation like that and posted with absolute disdain about their kid giving them a hard time, which would be followed by responses like "I miss those babyhood days when they couldn't talk back!"

Your son's reasoning at 8 years old is really cool too see, and your reaction to it speaks volumes too.

That is so wonderful to here.

leM:

What a great story!

And what I really appreciate is that you can see the value in that interaction. A lot of other parents that I know would have taken a situation like that and posted with absolute disdain about their kid giving them a hard time, which would be followed by responses like "I miss those babyhood days when they couldn't talk back!"

Your son's reasoning at 8 years old is really cool too see, and your reaction to it speaks volumes too.

 Dave, that is so awesome!  This is how the world will change.  I so admire you for being vulnerable to your son.

He's so lucky to have you as a parent.   Thank you for giving us this gem....

Everyone is born a philosopher, if they do not remain one it's because someone talked them out of it.

Livemike:

Everyone is born a philosopher, if they do not remain one it's because someone talked them out of it.

So true!

That's such a great story, it makes me want to be a parent.  Your son is adorable, btw.