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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homeschooling (I know a few people who homeschool and they're on Facebook ALL DAY LONG- half the time the pictures of their kids "at school" are of their kids on a playground or gathering leaves or some shit)

Having more than 4 children. If you desire a family larger than that, adopt. Help existing children who need families.

Family beds- just weird.

Giving teenagers really nice cars. They're either going to wreck them or not take care of them, and they're never going to know the value of earning a nice car because they were given a luxury car at 16. It makes kids into assholes.

[b]Paying your kid's entire way through college. Give them some skin in the game so they have some sort of incentive to choose a useful major, do well, get a well paying job afterward. [/b]

Accepting money from your parents as a capable adult just so you can live a better lifestyle than you yourself could afford. [/quote]
We could be friends.[/quote]

This is the only one I disagree with. Culturally, my family values education over everything else and my parents (who were working class/fought their way up to middle class) put me and my siblings through college. We all went on to grad school (and all three of us got full scholarships to grad school -- which is no small feat -- thanks in no small part to the fact that we were very focused and got nearly 4.0s in undergrad and almost-perfect GRE/LSAT/GMAT scores) and are all successful professionals making more than my parents ever dreamed. Unlike my peers who are paying off $200,000+ debt for undergrad and grad, we all can use our money to make downpayments and invest in our kids' future.

You're wrong that children need to [i]spend money[/i] to have an incentive to study hard and in a good major. That incentive should be derived from a successful family culture that encourages education and pragmatic life-planning. That's the gift I'm giving my DD (along with a full ride to the college of her choice!)[/quote]

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