Re:Tell HN: My 9YO son said: “Dad! Stop reading Hacker News”
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:54PM
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Does he mean "stop reading HN", or "stop reading HN to me"?
If he means "stop reading it to me", yeah, I'm with him. Having someone consistently reading stuff to you that they see on the internet (not just HN) gets old, especially if it's stuff that you're not as interested in as they are.
If he means "stop reading it", though... one of my biggest regrets from those days is how often I was too busy doing stuff I wanted to do to be available for my kids. I regret how often I chose to do something else rather than give them love.
Make sure you love your kids more than you love HN. Make sure that they know that you love them more than you love HN. If that puts a crimp in your reading HN, so be it. Love them anyway.
If he means "stop reading it to me", yeah, I'm with him. Having someone consistently reading stuff to you that they see on the internet (not just HN) gets old, especially if it's stuff that you're not as interested in as they are.
If he means "stop reading it", though... one of my biggest regrets from those days is how often I was too busy doing stuff I wanted to do to be available for my kids. I regret how often I chose to do something else rather than give them love.
Make sure you love your kids more than you love HN. Make sure that they know that you love them more than you love HN. If that puts a crimp in your reading HN, so be it. Love them anyway.