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From: mark@gymble.UUCP (Mark Weiser)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Is It Nice?
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Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 23:38:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 23 23:38:46 1984
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Having children is like your first high dive or kernel recompile.
No matter how much you have thought about it, there is a leap
of faith which can only be breached by commitment.

I had always sort of wanted children in the abstract, but
was never quite ready.  My wife felt more or less similarily.
Our first pregnancy was unexpected, and we felt comfortable
with skipping that one (read abortion) until we were ready.
But after a lot of talking, long walks, etc., we decided that
was as good a time as any, and we would here and now make the
commitment to raise the best darn kids we could (whatever that
means).  I'm glad we did.

I'm now a very devoted father, and don't get invited to many parties
because I don't believe in an adult world that excludes children.
I bring my children everywhere (they have taught quite a few compiler
classes with me.)  There are quite a few graduate students at
the university of michigan that shared an office with my first
daughter and myself, and we had a great time.