even though i don't plan on having kids, i'm not closed to the idea. for example, if i watch on tv something about parenting and i think it's a good idea, i think that i should implement that if i were to ever have kids. (such as teaching them certain things early on like chores, money, etc.) or if i hear about things parents do that i don't like, then i think that i shouldn't do that if i were to ever have kids. (such as believing that physical punishment should never be used. hell yeah you need to smack them when called for, why do you think we have all these bratty kids now?) and then of course my old favorite: to have a 6 continent baby (it would be 7 but there aren't any native peoples of antarctica). i have asian-european blood and live in north america so i need the father to be african-south american at a minimum (perhaps a black brazilian living in australia). i think about really basic stuff like that that i'm sure others probably think about too, regardless of their parental status or intentions. anyway, so i went to an in-law thing if you want to call it that. took some kids to go play at golf n stuff, you know, where ralph macchio took his date in "the karate kid". the place has miniature golf, bumper boats, bumper cars, little indy racing cars, some other carnival type ride, and an arcade. there used to be not so many attractions but they had a water slide, which has long been closed and since removed.

while playing golf, the kids weren't bad. it was a pleasant enough experience. as pleasant as it can be with a child who has never really played and you have to furtively kick the ball in the hole to end the game. but when it came down to the rides portion, it became very unpleasant. one of the kids was afraid. they wanted to go on, but would start to feel sick and would have to back out. man, i couldn't handle that if that was my kid. i have little tolerance for pussies. sorry but i'm just not flexible like that. i don't understand fear of small rides, maybe roller coasters, but since i love roller coasters so much, i hardly understand fear of those either. i didn't get mad at the kid and i didn't want him to wait by himself while the rest of us went on the rides but that's what we had to do. there was only one ride the kid would go on and each time they said they were sick at the beginning, but once the ride was in full swing they were happy and forgot about their nausea. see, if i was the parent, i probably would've been mean and forced them to go on something they were scared of to get over the fear, only further traumatizing the child.