Many people seem to be arguing abut the effects on happiness. I’m not too concerned about that to be honest. The negative effect on happiness doesn’t seem radical and child outcomes aren’t that much effected by parental upbringing beyond a minimum once one disentangles the data from genetics so I’m not to worried about responsibility, especially since I think that by the early 20s he is as much a independent agent as anyone today and I don’t feel (yes horrible word) like someone else is responsible for my actions. Financial independence is another issue, however again genetics will play a large role in reducing my child’s risk for some kinds of poor decisions so really my decisions should mostly be based on my genes.
Not everything that I do pursuing my values will make me happy, especially if some of my values can’t really be lived up to by humans.
Many people seem to be arguing abut the effects on happiness. I’m not too concerned about that to be honest. The negative effect on happiness doesn’t seem radical and child outcomes aren’t that much effected by parental upbringing beyond a minimum once one disentangles the data from genetics so I’m not to worried about responsibility, especially since I think that by the early 20s he is as much a independent agent as anyone today and I don’t feel (yes horrible word) like someone else is responsible for my actions. Financial independence is another issue, however again genetics will play a large role in reducing my child’s risk for some kinds of poor decisions so really my decisions should mostly be based on my genes.
Not everything that I do pursuing my values will make me happy, especially if some of my values can’t really be lived up to by humans.