Raising a child is not difficult, you just have to follow the steps. Step one: you take the kid, and you put him on the street corner, and you leave him there. Come back a week later, if the kid's still there [clicks tongue], you got yourself a stupid fucking kid. And then you proceed from that point.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author sarcastically suggests a parenting method involving abandonment to identify a child's character.
- In plain terms
- He jokes about leaving a kid on a corner to see if they are smart or not.
- What can you take from it?
- Satire can highlight the absurdity of oversimplified parenting advice.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we offer simplistic parenting tips?
- How do we deal with parenting anxiety?
Another view
The joke normalizes harmful actions even in a hypothetical context.
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