February 09, 2006

From a programming point of view

Have you ever thought about if you were to become a parent one day, what kind of parent would you be?

I started thinking about this question somewhere in my uni years. I don't know what spurred this line of thought in me but something did. Maybe it's just yet another kind of thing I started myself thinking about after seeing a bawling kid with a helpless mother on the MRT.

Whatever it is, I've openly apologised for being the kind of mother that I would be. I told whoever that will bother to believe me, that I already start feeling sorry for my kids when I think about what kind of mother I would be.

Obviously, I will take the role of the disciplinarian between the parents. Because, I can't stand nonsense and a lack of manners from any kid. I won't claim that I was brought up with the best manners, but hey, I think the child of me is far more polite and pleasant than many kids these days.

Obviously, if you are going to try blackmailing me with your tears and bawling and your tantrums to get your way, sorry, kiddo, wrong tree. Because I happen to be someone who has this serious need to be seriously consistent. Meaning, if I state a condition and an expectation for my kid to behave so he/she gets what he/she wants, you can definitely expect that I mean what I said. Forget about embarassing me in public because I will not give two shit about it. I always think ignoring a kid is the best way to show that their ploy of getting you to give in will not work. In fact, I believe and apply that to adults too.

Of course, having said all these, I still think that a child is born like a white, clean piece of paper. What goes into their hard disk is very much what the parents programme into them. So, you can see that it's a very stressful thing for me to ever become a parent. I mean, honestly, if my child fails, I don't think it's his/her fault. It's really my fault. My fault as a lousy programmer.

Hence, I think I will just stick to using ready-built computers instead of building them myself. At least, if it crashes completely, I can just point the finger at someone else and say, 'what's wrong with you?' - sounds much better than 'what's wrong with myself?!'

Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 00:09