<p>When my son turns 5 I’m going to give him a basketball and have him practice shooting and dribbling all day. He’s going to be ballin - Pistol Pete 2.0</p>
<p>If I have a daughter, I would teach her how to manipulate people (you know which group it is).</p>
<p>If I have a son, I would teach him how to deceive people.</p>
<p>But overall, I expect my children to be ethically and academically educated.</p>
<p>I want my sons to be like Brian Greene, studying at Columbia while in the sixth grade.</p>
<p>^ That’s intense. </p>
<p>Realistically now, I will not compromise my child’s social life just to be a genius. He or she deserves a life, something I took away from myself.</p>
<p>i will definetely put more pressure on them than my parents have on me. well, thats not saying much. my mom still jokes about failing algebra in high school and my dad doesn’t remember his act score but asks me on a monthly basis if i can look it up on the internet…</p>
<p>my parents stopped putting pressure on me once they realized I put enough on me myself.</p>
<p>I don’t plan on pressuring my kids at all. I believe pressure leads to a lack of passion. No one will truly get anywhere in life if they don’t enjoy what they do. I mean I don’t think anyone has ever won a Nobel Prize who doesn’t enjoy labwork (or whatever is needed to win their category).</p>
<p>The person I know who has had the most perfect college admissions results is the one who has parents that are not even from America. She put the pressure on herself. I think THAT is the key.</p>
<p>If my child doesn’t have the drive, I won’t force him or her. I just want her to be happy and I think it will easier to be happy if he/she pursues her passions, and I think it will be easier to excel at his/her work if he/she enjoys it.</p>
<p>IF I have kids:
Girl- Ballet, Performance Dance, Gymnastics, Val, Top 10 College, 4.00 GPA, published author by age 15</p>
<p>Boy-Math geek, Varsity Football Quarterback, Varsity Basketball, 4.00 GPA, Top 10 College, also Val too</p>
<p>My child will find their passion. I can help them best if it’s in the maths and sciences however.</p>
<p>Go get your kids some friends MIT.</p>
<p>Really, As and Bs and no skipping out. All my mom and dad ever asked of me. Also no drugs and sex at least before 18 and I’d like to meet they’re boyfriends/girlfriends. Maybe get them in a sport if they want, like basketball (hoping he/she will be tall). Also make sure my kids know how to work, like how to fix a car and how to cook and how to actually build/fix things. I guess I’d like it if they go to college but if it’s not for them then so be it, but they sure as hell won’t be lazy and not know anything, they’ll either work or go to college.</p>
<p>(half of ya’ll aren’t serious right?)</p>
<p>^ not really… I am pretty serious.</p>
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<p>I love everything that I tried. I was a very happy child. 
I didn’t do everything at once! Over a time span of many years. :P</p>
<p>I’d encourage my kids to find something they love, and help them in any way I can (without helping too much) so they can do well on their own.</p>
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<p>He only works at Columbia. According to his bio, after attending Stuyvesant, he went on to Harvard where he earned a BS in Physics, after which he earned his masters as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford at the age of 24. He went on to work at Cornell, then moved on to Columbia, where he currently works.</p>
<p>Be that as it may, I also expect my children to follow in the steps of Brian Greene. I trust them to produce some revolutionary new advancements in quantum physics before the age of 13. </p>
<p>I’ll also have them extensively trained in soccer, playing for international teams by the age of 15 (soccer takes more time to master than complex physics, as everyone knows). They’ll be world-renowned soccer-playing-theoretical-physicists. A cross between Ronaldo and Einstein. </p>
<p>I don’t expect perfection, only superstardom in all aspects of life.</p>
<p>^ Damn. That’s hardcore.</p>
<p>My children will be master mathematicians younger than Tao. They’ll also be recruited by the ivies, caltech and MIT by 8.</p>
<p>Soccer, track, basketball, baseball, tennis, and football stars. They pick 2 sports. I will have them prepared for them.</p>
<p>oh, like have kids do activities they want?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ll do that too. I do hope I’ll have money but really it wasn’t even that, my parents wouldn’t let me skateboard because it’s a “boy” thing only. Or like they hated me in tennis because they didn’t consider it a real sport after basketball. Things like that were annoying. And I really wanted to play piano but not enough money for that (I do know some jazz songs, I don’t know notes but I can kinda play). Fencing was offered free but it was also a boy thing. </p>
<p>OH! and I’ll teach them spanish but make sure they know english right because ESL is a *****, even if only for a year, it makes you feel ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>(I really hope my child doesn’t like soccer, I don’t want to be soccer mom, I mean, it’ll be okay but odd for me)</p>
<p>My kids will be polyglots by age 10. I will speak with them in exclusive Italian.
And I will have others speak to them in multiple languages.</p>
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<p>I just thought of something! If my kids want college they’ll have it so much easier than I did!!! My parents knew nothing and were like “okay, do you have to pay back a grant? honey, they don’t just give away money you know!” or “why are we driving you this early on a saturday? is this test that important?” or that time my mom yelled at me after the cornell interview because it took so long and who did he think he was taking up all that time and she should just go tell him something. Also I kinda wish they really understood some things so they could be a little prouder, like that my college is actually a pretty well-known college and worth going up north for, or that it’s “IB” and it’s kind of a lot of work at times, or that volunteering is more than just working for free or that my SAT score is kinda relatively good for a kid with no tutoring. But instead they’re like “HEY! you got your high school diploma!” which isn’t hard work at all.</p>
<p>the same goes for my parents. They don’t believe me taking the SAT Subjects is essential, since they want me to go to a community college. My mom also believe my senior year should not include work, though I’ve explained IB so many times. They also are unknowledgeable about financial aid in the 21st century. And they think me retaking something I got an 1830 on is pointless.</p>
<p>^^^ Oh snap. I didn’t know that about him lol. </p>
<p>He also ran cross-country and performed in musicals and improv theater. Intriguing. I need to attend one of his lectures or presentations. If only once, just to see him in action. Columbia, here I come.</p>
<p>He’s also a vegan. If someone had used the phrase, “Well, Brian Greene is also a vegan” to get me to stop eating meat, I probably would’ve switched. But not anymore because I read it on my own, and so it wouldn’t as epic.</p>
<p>Nice. Since you told me and I didn’t just read it (even though technically I did) I might be a vegan! Ha not.</p>
<p>But I love Brian Greene. He is 1st on my all time favorite physicists list - barely edging out Feynman. I want to see him speak so bad also. At least you’re close to Columbia!</p>