Parenting

Parentcaster

Trying something new: reverse AMA

Parents of Farcaster: I (and maybe others?!?) will ask you questions in the replies below

Anyone is welcome to chime in with their experience 🙏

Elevating onchain creators 

@nodefoundation @brightmoments 
@ampsfun

They do not owe you anything :) Be grateful that they are introducing you to their passions!

acceptance. my kids are on their own journey. my job is to help them discover their path, not impose mine

How do you handle when your kids don’t share your passions?

My dad was also rarely around,... He worked ALL THE TIME. Holidays, weekends, nights, summers. During the most important times, we never saw him. The few time he did get to spend with us, we were distracted: playing sports or video games... yet he so desperately wanted to spend it having fun together, and he couldn't
 
Because of his unbounded love for us, he fought tooth and nail, and unfortunately took a tradeoff in that department.

Today, he is retired, and I live with my parents. I am beyond grateful for this time I have to relearn the past.  My hatred has been removed, and our relationship has grown unbounded.  We spend our days laughing together, making jabs, and overall supporting each other. Because,... We adapted and moved on.

I was wrong about having no role model. 

My dad is my role model

The most important thing a parent can do is spend time with their kid. 

Get to know them, encourage them, and teach them. If you show your kid how to be genuinely curious and kind, you will share the same passions with not just your kid, but everyone and everything around you...

Many people do not have a friend, role model, or moral framework growing up, and that is very sad. A confused child ends up a passionless adult.

Look...

As a kid, I did not have a relationship with my father.
- He had the characteristics of a narcissist. Anytime I was with him, he was laid back, goofing off, or yapping. Which resulted in bickering and complaining with my Mom... Which created a dynamic of negativity towards everything..

So, I started growing a hatred toward my dad. Him always talking over everyone, being the center of attention, or being straight selfish. It's all I saw.

Then, I grew up... 
And learned the other perspective.

What is your position on screen time for kids?

The social graph edges to friends without kids lose weight. New edges are formed with parents of your kids friends.

How has having children affecting your social life?

musican. ai artiste. 

designed the channel icon for /relationships

didn’t really give me a choice on some situations like religion

what is one thing your parents did when raising you that you will not do when raising your own?

I'm not a parent. I was preparing to get married before all this happened, yet feel free to ask anything.

executive coach for /founders + founding teams Δ host of pods.media/the-delta and /coaching Δ kevincoale.xyz

What is a feature of your family culture?

self-proclaimed based designer, exploring new frontiers in tech, ai, states, farcaster DAU since 2023, prev /basedstudio

Vibe Coder ✨| Creating brand magic w/ startups @byronfive | Ops expert 👧🏻 👧🏻 👦🏼 | NYC or nowhere🗽

Dad, dev • @dune.eth wizard • I'm just zis guy, you know? • Opinions are always my own and don't represent my employer's view on anything.

Investing in Space & Deep tech with sustainable models for humanity. Advisor for ASRI Space & Space Babies research 
Classic cars & VR nerd 😎

Lots of wisdom in this thread. 

Tagging some of my new-found friends to check it out ❤️‍🔥
@rjs @casielane @shira @baseddesigner.eth

Meh, sometimes it’s not worth it…

Very disappointing. 

Was looking forward to this dudes takeaways, given his interest… but maybe he actually wasn’t interested at all

:(

@phil  ………. do you plan on interacting at all in this thread?

Mind boggling that you just moved on after  asking these questions.

Did you even care about the questions you asked?????

So confused.

How do you talk to your kids about bad company?

I have two kids but it hasn’t been easy fr…
Sometimes I feel like giving up but when I see them, I feel so much joy 🤩

The bad experiences you’ve had

Do you make conscious effort to avoid that your children don’t have them or you think some may be character building?