My son is a little young to understand the concepts and thoughts behind this blog but I am sure it won't be too long when some of these shared viewpoints will make sense to him. Now I agree with most people when they say that every person should be allowed to learn on his or her own through his or her own experiences, mistakes etc. and should not be biased based on someone else's viewpoints let alone someone from the older generation. However I also believe that it is every father's duty to talk to his son and share and pass on the knowledge from one generation to another while making it very clear that one generation's viewpoints are affected by that generation's upbringing, culture, nature and nurture. I also plan on making it clear to him that all of these suggestions should be taken with a grain of salt and he should be applying his own filter and couple these experiences with his own to come up with what suits him the best.
With the new generation becoming what I call the "i"generation, (iPhone, iPod etc.), coupled with extremely busy lives for the parents as well as the kids, the quality time being spent at the dinner table and the backyard while throwing aero-bee or baseball or biking on a trail is decreasing every day and somehow looks like the "i"nternet is becoming the medium through which we talk to our kids. It's a sorry state of affairs and this blog by no means is an excuse for that. Also this blog is not meant to be the sole communication mechanism. My purpose with this blog is to share the thoughts in a persistent manner that he can come back to in the future and use it more as reference material more than anything else.
So here it goes. That's good enough for introduction and why I am starting this blog. Hope I will be able to make it interesting and relevant for my son.
