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Surely there is hope yet for the kid........some kind of pre-emptive intervention, after all its not all genetics, environmental factors are important too.
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I completely agree with you Sean. There has to be hope, and I surely do not want my son to be the smartass I turned out to be. You can't go through life drunk, fat, and stupid. Funny, yes, but I hide behind the tears of a clown...
Which is precisely why I am raising Climber to find the serious nature of everything around him, and for him to despise snarkiness in all of its forms, to have wits, but not use them for expressions of comedy.
When I hold him after a long day at work, I explain to him in great detail what compounding daily interest is and why it is important for him to have good credit over good friends. Friends come and go, but a 780 credit score will get you a lot of things.
Next week, I'm reading him Bill O'Reilly's newest book. It is sure to suck the life right out of him.
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