 So I'm always running into these weird ideas people have about kids and living off grid and people will say things like Oh, I'd love to live off grid and do this that and the next thing it'd be amazing But I couldn't do that to my kids or when people learn that I'm living out in the wilderness with my kids. They say How can you make that decision for your children? Or they'll say well often and they'll say Well, what about in the future? What if they want to do this this and this and It's not things you wanted them to do, but they want to do it all right Let me explain why these These things are ridiculous first Regardless of where you live you are making that decision for your children whether you live off grid whether you live in the city Where you live in a sewer we're gonna live in a spaceship doesn't matter what you're doing with your life You are making that decision for your kids because you can't talk to a fetus and even if you could they wouldn't know Where the good place to live is? Now even if you had a magical crystal ball You could end up with a situation where my sister and I Wanted to live completely different lifestyles. I moved to the wilderness. She moved to the city So what are my parents supposed to do what live in both places and just move around all the time and have no stability no Have a stable home Move to the place that makes you feel good as a parent that will allow you to be a good parent Because whether you live in a tiny little cabin Out in the woods or you live on top of the tallest building in the biggest city in the universe It doesn't matter. You have to be a good parent. That's what your kids really really need. That's what they really want So go to the place that makes you feel good that that energizes you and gives you the the kind of uh The kind of motivation to be a good a good parent to your kids Because if you're if you're living a life that's just sucking the life out of you, you're not going to be able to be a good parent so Regardless of where you go, you're you're choosing You're choosing where your kids are going to grow up. So that question makes no sense all right The second one was what if in the future your kids want to do something that you didn't want them to do Well, this question is ridiculous too because in my opinion It's not my job as a parent to control my children's life. I don't decide what they're doing with their life It's my job to give them the skills and knowledge to open doors to give them options And once they have those options I should have also instilled sufficient wisdom That they can choose A good option for themselves. They can choose a life that works for them Now if I've done my job as a parent Well, they'll be better equipped to make that choice than I would be anyway So Both those questions makes no sense. So if If you want to live off grid or you want to do some some thing with your life Don't use your kids as an excuse Whoa, I just checked the video my pecs are like busting out of the skin I'm gonna go use these things to wrestle some kids. Oh, yeah