Don't raise your kid to be the next David Hogg

Congrats, dude. Yes, your life, at least how you've lived it until now, is over. No more spur of the moment trips to Vegas, no more unplanned sex romps whenever you feel like it, and you will wonder where all your money went.
But there's some good tips in this thread. I'll tell you to get involved, but don't be a helicopter parent. Step up when your kids need it. Be a man, those dirty diapers don't change themselves. If you have a son, show him how to treat women by how you treat your wife. If you have a daughter, show her what she should look for in her own mate by how you treat your wife. Oh, and buy a shotgun, you'll need it sooner than you think :)

You will find important advice for dealing with any extremely critical issue of child-rearing here

...you just became a better man.

Trust me on this.

First off, Congratulations!

Second, I'm right there with you. My first little one is due in October and I absolutely cannot wait!

And maybe even propose to her.

Congrats! Your life is just beginning. A few initial tips:

1. Don’t use baby talk or talk down to your kids.

Okay that wasn’t a very big list. If I think of anything else I’ll check back in.

I've got an 8 year old daughter and a 1 year old son. It's awesome, terrible, awesomely terrible and terribly awesome all at once.

My only real parenting "advice" is to love your kids and don't withhold love and affection just because they misbehave. A lot of my generation was raised on bullshit Skinner behavioral psychology in which parents withhold love until kids obey/behave. This has created a full generation of people that constantly need validation through extrinsic sources like FB, Instagram, etc.

I think just being around is the most important thing. Be a good person and do things for the right reasons and kids will pick up on it.

He said they've been married for three years. Maybe work on your reading comprehension?

(PS. Yes, I know this was an attempt to slam me. However, I'm perfectly fine with my life. Thank you for your concern though.)

I've been trying to think of a really simple way to explain parenthood.

A year from now, you'll be holding two little feet, the size of the end of your thumb with one hand, elevating a tiny bottom into the air so you can slide a clean diaper under a freshly wiped little butt. You're probably going realize the new diaper is going to be loaded before you've even strapped it on and you'll catch yourself slipping your hand under the butt and catching a palm full of tapioca.

In short, in a few months, another human might shit in the palm of your hand, and you won't even care. Once you learn about choking you'll be more afraid of an uncut grape than a shady guy in a dark parking lot.



Also, all new parents please do this one thing for me...Go get certified in child CPR.

You don't want to be married to your live in boyfriend?

You're the first woman I've ever heard say that.

You must not know very many women.

Love 'em, feed 'em and keep 'em clean. The rest will work out on it's own.

The number of women who live with their boyfriend/baby daddy and who DONT want marriage is approximately zero.

Nobody cares. Stop shitting up the thread with this.