Thursday, April 08, 2010

I want you to have children or at least a child.

Oh yes, they’re a pain in the neck and from the age of 2 til 45, they can drive you crazy, but have one anyway because I have 4.

The Yiddish word is “Nachos.” The ch is guttural like you’re about to throw up. Nachos is the joy that can only come from children, a parental pride, like maybe it was worth it after all.

I see less and less long term investments and more & more short term gains. There is no longer term investment than a kid. Try it, I recommend it and I’m an expert at trying.

- Larry Adlerstein

5 comments:

Forrest said...

Kids are great! And really fun to make ART with too! We are all born creative and kids remind us of that.

Karmene said...

My fiance and I would love to have kids. But with both of us coming from parents who divorced when we were very young; friends who are getting married and divorced, married, pregnant and divorced; pregnant, married and divorced left and right; lack of money (I read somewhere it costs over $1 million to raise a child till the age of 18); the impending doom of the end of the world and the weighing question of if it's fair to bring a child into this world with what we're doing/have done to it; if we should even have our own kids or adopt and if we're being selfish by wanting our own kids versus someone else's...
So yeah, being 25 & 28, engaged for 4 years togeather for 6, we're left wondering if we'll ever get the joy of bringing one of our own into this world.

Bright Ring, art book author MaryAnn Kohl said...

I love reading about people who have all these issues, "oh my parents were divorced" or "children need so much time". What they are not realizing is that childhood is just a small part of the lives of these offspring. The rest is as adults who will be part of your aging life. this is called FAMILY. It is a nice concept and if you've never had one, you might like it. If you know about family, then you know it is the greatest treasure you possess.

I write art books for kids, and that's my second passion: my first? My family.

Artist Craftsman Supply said...

Dear Karmene,
my parents conceived me during the middle of WWII. Dad told me later, "There is no good time to have a child."
Yes, even though the world is forever ending, somehow we muddle through.
Grab your piece of life.
-Laddy Adlerstein

Yasmin Sabur said...

If A&C weren't already my go store for supplies in San Diego, this post would totally win me as a customer forever. Thank you for being such a human presence.