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Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

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Re: Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

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Post by chris_wot »

Spend as much time with them as possible when they are young. They grow up far too quickly.

Edit: also, they come out looking weird. They soon pop into place. Relax, it’s normal. Here is mine just after birth:

https://www.reddit.com/r/cute/comments/q47e6d/just_born_alre...

Re: Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

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Post by bheadmaster »

wellthatsawrap1 wrote: post #10

Don't circumcise (genital mutilate) your kid if he's a boy.

Very hard agree.

No matter how "right" you might think it is because of various reasons, it's mutilation of a child's organ, and it's irreversible.

Re: Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

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Post by chris_wot »

anakaine wrote: post #18
wellthatsawrap1 wrote: post #10

Don't circumcise (genital mutilate) your kid if he's a boy.

Going to second this. There is absolutely no medical reason to do this, only religious dogma. You're taking away protection, some level of gratification, and a few other things.

One of those things being foreskin.

Re: Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

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Post by swores »

eps wrote: post #31

Take a lot of photos. First 4 months are one big haze, because of how perpetually tired we were. And, yeah, "your life, as you know it, is officially over".

I think you've put the comma in the wrong place in that quote..

Assuming you aren't actually saying that "their life is over", the comma should move forward one word in your sentence to show that it is "life as you know it" being over, rather than life being over "as you (already) know".

Re: Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

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Post by HellDunkel »

anakaine wrote: post #13

When your kids are young, they will depend upon you. As they grow, they will be attached to you. You will be joined at the hip and do everything together. Cherish this. As your kids progress through their teenage years, they will distance themselves from you. They may lie about what they are up to. They might argue with you, shout at you, and cut you out of the discussion even when you desperately want to be involved…

Thanks! I should print this to remind me in a couple of years.
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