un: tigerpoet

[tigerpoet]

I think by an Earth calendar, today would be Father's Day.

To the other parents who are here... do you miss your children? Even if you wouldn't want them here.

I miss mine.

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[terribletwos]

you have children/

[tigerpoet]

Two sons, Takeshi and Noboru.

[terribletwos]

i didn't know. why do you call them yours/ you said you're a parent/

[tigerpoet]

I call them mine because they are mine? My wife gave birth to them.

[terribletwos]

[ He vaguely recalls reading something about this during his early moonlacing research. ]

so that's what being a parent means. having children with someone else.

[tigerpoet]

And raising them. That part is important too.

[terribletwos]

you mean taking care of them. like we're doing with all the dragonlets.

[tigerpoet]

Like that, but for longer. Until they're grown, ideally.

[terribletwos]

how do you known when they're grown enough/

[tigerpoet]

It depends on culture and also species? For humans, sixteen years is a good minimum.

[terribletwos]

then what happens/

[tigerpoet]

At that point, they've gone through school, so they can get a job and support themselves financially.

[terribletwos]

can't they do that stuff at any time/ or is it different in your world/

[tigerpoet]

It's illegal to make children work.

[terribletwos]

what if they want to/

[tigerpoet]

Still illegal.

[terribletwos]

that sounds kind of unfair.

[tigerpoet]

Why?

[what's got you arguing in support of child labor, roxas]

[terribletwos]

[ Because someone once tried to tell him he couldn't start his own business because he wasn't an adult. ]

i think anyone should be able to have a job if they want one.

[tigerpoet]

There are laws against it so that children don't get pressured or forced into working. It's hard to say no to your family when you're a child.

[terribletwos]

what do you mean pressured into working/

[tigerpoet]

Say that you're a child, and your parents tell you that you're a burden. It's a horrible thing to say to a child, but some people do it.

[Some people shouldn't be parents, honestly.]

In that case, you could 'want' a job to make up for that perceived burden, even though it's the parents' responsibility to provide for you and not the other way around.

[terribletwos]

i guess that makes more sense.

what if you don't have parents/

[tigerpoet]

It depends on the situation, but it's always a very sad thing, not to have family.

[terribletwos]

can you have a family without parents/