Joe and I often bandy about ideas of what kind of parents we'll be- terrible? awesome? too weird for words? Will our kids think we're super awesome or will they want to hide their friends from us?
But more seriously, we think about our stances in life and wonder if our kids will be like us. Will they like indie music and reading? Will they be into book clubs, improv, community art, etc? Who knows. But when I listened to this act of This American Life I found myself cracking up/being a little scared. Here's a mother who is so passionate about the rights of a woman to have an abortion and her daughter comes home spouting anti-abortion beliefs. The mom freaks out and starts immediately trying to change her kid's mind. And I thought, whoa, that could be me. Not on that issue but something. What if my kid was like, "Mom, art is stupid! And I hate books!" I would be like, "YOU LOVE BOOKS! YOU WILL READ BOOKS UNTIL YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND!!" Hahaha....
