Produce thriving, intelligent, rational, happy, good-hearted children who become thriving, intelligent, rational, happy,
good-hearted adults.
The cynical and practical guide to have at least one good kid (tm):
Step 1:
Choose a good sperm/egg donor. This is by far the most important bit. If you can’t get that consider increasing volume, more kids will help you catch that bell curve tail, take some wisdom from the third world, a single successful brainy kid can lift a entire family from poverty!
Step 2:
Regular middle class upbringing. And don’t stress out too much, recognize upper middle class parental status games for what they are! As long as your aren’t abusing them and they have decent peer networks statistically you have a pretty minimal influence on their life outcomes.
Step 3:
Have them read the sequences.
Step 4:
Profit!
The easy tongue-in-cheek guide to good children and everything else:
The cynical and practical guide to have at least one good kid (tm):
Step 1: Choose a good sperm/egg donor. This is by far the most important bit. If you can’t get that consider increasing volume, more kids will help you catch that bell curve tail, take some wisdom from the third world, a single successful brainy kid can lift a entire family from poverty!
Step 2: Regular middle class upbringing. And don’t stress out too much, recognize upper middle class parental status games for what they are! As long as your aren’t abusing them and they have decent peer networks statistically you have a pretty minimal influence on their life outcomes.
Step 3: Have them read the sequences.
Step 4: Profit!
The easy tongue-in-cheek guide to good children and everything else:
Step 1: Quantum suicide