Unworthy of being a father?
I know that this seems like a very "Teeny" thing to say for a teen like me.
And that some will say that it's too early to say such things, but I will say it anyways, it's been weighting on me.
The whole topic of marriage, raising kids, and the future generation have been a peak interest to me for years.
I've dreamed about having a daughter, specifically named Layla (I just adore the name for no reason)
So I found myself indulging in various types of content including raising kids, how to be a father, what it takes for marriage, and all that for quite years.
I even came up with that topic on my weekly English speaking class in my school, when the teacher let us choose any topic we like.
I'm a traumatized teen, with quite the cruel past due to my parents.
Long story short, but they are incompatible, they argued ever since they got together untill now, and me and my siblings were their victim.
All 3 of us siblings have really deep unhealed traumas.
My father is the typical abusive father.
He doesn't have strength to physically abuse now, but he used to hit my brother and my sister.
He is currently a lost cause, no value as a human being other than bringing food (Even the food is always from his choice, he gets us what he likes, not what the family wants)
My mom obviously turned into this pile of broken glass, as she endured too much for us, and then she turned into a negative person.
So basically, I'm a child of a very negative environment, not a single person in my family is normal.
Even my relatives, from both parents's families.
Nobody is normal.
Even my first cousin who got raised really well, in a very positive productive way.
He's in an even worse spot than me now.
Those who were normal, turned abnormal due to the environment.
Back to my main point, being a father in this generation.
It's confirmed that it's a liability.
A pile of responsibility that will mostly not pay you back the efforts you will put in, and it's a sin when you totally neglect it after the children are born.
Realizing that made me understand why many people choose to stay single their whole life.
Some religions say that it's just a good deal with God.
And a terrible worldly deal to have.
But the biggest issue that led me to the title of this post, is how 90% of parents get married when they don't deserve it.
Why have children you don't raise?
Why put yourself in a responsibility you won't endure?
Why??
If you don't want to raise, then don't have kids.
Or excuse me, just wear a condo_
Not just many, but most people are not strong enough for this responsibility.
I pass by a kindergarten everyday to school, I literally saw the look in these kids eyes...
They are broken...
On a very very early stage of life...
People usually felt depressed on their adult years, and maybe their late teen years.
Now kids are born depressed..
The only angels that brings happiness next to animals and nature..
Are broken..
And the funny part is that even though I have learnt so much about raising kids I still don't feel like I deserve it you know?
It is not easy it is really not easy no matter how much you learn about it, you will still make mistakes when you raise your kid.
So imagine the people who did not learn anything about it
It's insane for me how you can decide to have a kid and you don't even like know the basics of raising and then you just throw a phone at them on iPad and then just escape it.
Which are the worst possible things you can give to children too.
Technology is an all in one package to destory a human being who is starting to learn how to be human.
Children need 2 parents.
It is in our system to crave the nature of the father and the mother.
The logic, strength, the courage, the ability to take risks from the father.
The kindness, the humility, the knowledge, and the pureness of the heart from the mother.
Children needs both.
All I see are parents that are not strong enough to raise, so the children comes out broken, weak, unprepared for the real world, and cause chaos.
We are at a point where even if you raised your kids properly he will still be corrupted because 90% of the kids in their school are brainwashed, and traumatized.
Brain rotted introverts who are always on their phones, talking about useless topics, dating, and meaninglessness.
How can I be a father in this generation?
And it's getting worse, like it doesn't get better with more generations and this is especially is the worst time ever because of how quick technology is
I have always wanted a daughter, but it seems like a false dream.
If strong people who learn about raising, are suffering to raise because of the world, then how would I be ablr to?
I'm a weak person, and I'm not getting stronger with age.
How come someone like me, who learns about kids, be too weak that I'm not worthy of taking the responsibility, and then you find people who don't know a single thing about kids, have tons of them?
It's too unfair.
I say to myself that I give up on wanting a daughter, yet I can't help but feel pain whenever I see little girls.
Logically, it's not a beneficial dream to achieve.
And failing at it will resort in creating more victims, so why follow it?
It's a double ended road that leads to the same thing.
Both are painful.
But atleast not having it won't harm any more innocents.
It's probably the worst "Real world" cruelty that I have learned, after the psychology of the human natures.
It saddens me.
@sensitivePal85266
Wow! It looks like you are thinking a lot.
I am sorry to hear how you feel, living in a painful, unpeaceful family environment. And I think I know how much this may affect your ideas about a family, relationship and being a parent.
I know it might be too early for you to consider it all, but referring to your doubts in general terms: Don't you think you see being a parent in "all-or-nothing" categories? Either being a perfect, spotless father, or not being him at all?
I believe there are no perfect parents in this world. And if you believed you were a perfect father or mother, your children would happily make sure you stop thinking like that 😊Â
If you have enough money, they'll say you spend too little time with them. If you don't have enough money, they may think of you as a loser. If you spend a lot of time with them at home, they may say you are blocking their freedom. And so on 😉Â
I think a key word is "love": loving your children in a visible, unharmful and meaningful way.
But I believe a perfect parenting does not exist.
Add to this being constantly overwhelmed and overworked, tired and underslept, struggling for money (children do not earn), having some problems with your partner (because you don't have time for each other, because most of the time, apart from job, is consumed by caring about the house and the children).
Also, the real life is much different than theory.
I remember an anectode on that: A friend of my friend was a psychological advisor at school, she gave advices to parents how they should raise children, being a childless single herself. Months later, being a mother of two, she said to my friend: "You know, I think I should apologize all those parents I thought I was helping to, for all those taken-straight-from-the-books silly and unrealistic advices I gave to them".
And it is just all about "normal" families. When a family suffers from a problem like addiction, abuse, constant arguing, or e.g. a permanent serious mental or physical illness of one of the family members, it is getting much worse and much much more complicated...
Hey, thanks for sharing your opinion about this to me.
I'm certainly of a complicated family, with constant arguing, hate between all family members, and all of that.
I know that people aren't perfect, and there are obviously no perfect parents.
But on this generation with the technology brainwash, and kids turning into some non human forms due to the internet, seems way below being normal.
My issue is that a lot of parents don't try.
And a lot get married while they learned nothing about responsibility, and about raising.
Why would you bring children that you're not prepared for?
It's like taking an exam on a subject that you haven't studied for, and then blaming those around you for failing.
My issue is that I don't want to bring children in an environment like this.
Where every kid has a trauma at such young ages.
It feels like a crime to intentionally bring kids in such a world.
It's like trying to have kids in the middle of a long war, you know?
I love my future children so much that the best thing I can do for them is to not bring them here.
Children don't deserve this pain.
Back in the day, they atleast had good childhoods before they got thrown into the harsh adult life.
Now people like me who didn't have a childhood, and so unprepared for the real world, must face it.
It's just totally unfair.
Most families now are in the deep complicated level you mentioned.
And no matter how fancy the school I would put my children in, the environment will always be damaging.
And choosing an at home school is a bigger responsibility, since I will have to take care of socializing them ourselves.
Every road feels like a dead end to me.
I'm just sharing what I think from my age, no need to take it seriously, but I just needed to understand.
@sensitivePal85266
While we are writing these words, there are people suffering from war in places like Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Ukraine or Kursk. So, honestly, I don't feel good about putting an equality mark between the actual war and something you described, that I could call "a technocratic slavery".
However, I understand your point. When I was a teenager I was convinced that if a war broke out that would make not much difference - just the outside world becoming the same as the world inside the place I called home. "War" was the best word to describe what I felt: being insecure, constantly waiting for a danger, not sure of what is happening in a moment, frightened, devastated when something bad happened.
It was quite common then among my friends to declare having no relationships and no children in future. I think it was due to the fact everyone of us saw how unhappy the marriages of our parents used to be, and how badly it negatively influenced our childhood, the time which should make us feel joyful, careless and safe, without being forced to grow prematurely.
It was scientifically proven that children who grow in a difficult family environment may reveal similar PTSD syndrome as war veterans.
But I am afraid you are missing one element here: Your children would have not your parents but YOU as a parent - and that could make a big difference. If only you would like to do anything about it...
I believe we always have some choice: either continuing our family home's insecurity and misery, or breaking the chain of bad things, and being the first generation in our family which started to lead better lives.
Are there any things you would be able to do right now to make your own life a better one?
I just wrote a reply for like 20 minutes and I accidentally closed the app..
Well, I will try writing again.
So I'm glad that I get to understand more things my teenage brain think about from someone like you.
If you were a listener for teens, I would have chatted with you on the dms, but no problem.
Well comparing it to actual wars seemed very edgy, but I needed to describe how bad it was.
I like the term "Technocratic Slavery", such a unique magnificent term that makes more sense.
The part of people having a choice is agreeable, we do have a choice whether we end the bad chain, or we keep it.
Well sadly most parents don't even do the bare minimum at all, and it's not fair for those people to have kids.
Having children is not meant for everyone.
Every child deserves parents, but not every parent deserves children.
So let's say that we succeeded in breaking the bad chain, and raised happy and strong kids.
Here's my question:
What can we do when our children get hated for being that way? happy, strong, and different than those around them?
People despise successful people, and everyone better than them.
They will hunt them down, and destroy them.
I mean, they literally created an insult term for happy kids who learn and read a lot, a "Nerd".
So what do we do when our children get hated, and targeted because they're happy and different?
And about the things that could make my life better.
First thing is recovering from por and I'm already working on it.
A good fellow listener here recommended me a site about recovery, that includes meetings, a book, a community, and also a sponsor thing that helps out people on the long term.
I deleted triggery things today, and I will try to recover from it this time.
Secondly, I need discipline, and it's the hardest thing ever to do.
Especially when I'm a person who came from this family, who teached me nothing about basic human needs, like Hygiene, physical training, mental, nutrition, work, studying, organizing, creativity.
I learned nothing from them, and I'm forced to learn everything from scratch at my current age.
Which feels almost impossible, it's like being born at this age you know?
Third, is finding actual good friends, and I'm already trying so hard for it.
I'm certainly building an immunity from how many people ghosted, blocked, and ignored me ever since I started to find friends.
And huff, I finally finished writing this again lol, I apologize if some things are written unclearly.
Thank you for sharing your opinion about this to me and help me understand my messy teenage brain thoughts.