A paramount goal of man is to be reborn. To reclaim their inner child.
John 3:3 “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
And always rmb:
Matthew 18:3 “Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
I was a kid in the 90s, and by the time I was 12 I had stayed at my friends houses hundreds of nights for sleepovers.
My friends stayed with me hundreds of nights for sleepovers.
Video games. Making home movies. Snacks. Bewshittin'.
My sons are 8 and 12 and neither of them have ever been to a sleepover. Neither of them have ever tried to get one cooking at my house.
And don't get me wrong - I do NOT want other kids at my house. But I wouldn't deny my kids the opportunity to make those memories.
Are sleepovers just not a thing anymore? What is going on?
Fatherhood is the end of philosophy. you can read every book ever written about meaning and purpose and discipline, but the moment a small human looks at you and believes you, everything you thought you knew burns down. because now you have to do it, not think it, not debate it, not post about it. the child watches your hands, what you do when you are tired, what you do when you are mad, what you do when nobody else is looking. that is your only sermon and you cannot fake it for one day because children are bullshit detectors made of flesh. if you are a weak man your son will know it before he can spell the word weak, and he either becomes you or becomes the opposite of you, both out of desperation.
@blackout1644 100%
And most people want tree lined streets, too
Which is why old houses in mature neighborhoods still cost more, on average, than brand new cookie cutter subdivision houses
@CigsMake As someone born in the late 80s, in a middle class suburb, 90% of my friends from high school live in a house like this, if not better
And their job is 10x easier. Sitting behind a keyboard instead of slaving at a factory.