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I'm interested in pushing the boundaries of what I can do in order to give my kid(s) a leg up in the future that may not be typical, strictly legal, or within the overton window of parenting.
The typical parenting strategies I already "get" and have plans for. Read early, go beyond school, foster the development of valuable hobbies and life skills, blah blah blah. My parents did a pretty good job IMO so I'm just really taking their formula and tweaking it.
I'm looking to optimize intelligence, SMV, athletic ability, and independence. Examples of things I'm considering but haven't done much research or fact-finding on:
Providing HGH at the optimal times to support height and muscle development.
Figuring out ways to accumulate wealth they can eventually access and avoid taxes.
Ways to give them maximum freedom of movement/flexible citizenship.
Ensuring they're guided away from porn/blue-pill sexuality guidance and (ideally) start off with more information on TECHNIQUE than I did. I think they'll figure this out themselves but I'm struggling to figure out how to do it without a profoundly weird conversation.
Put another way, I'm willing to take on risk to maximize long-term benefit for them, at what I think is a higher rate than the baseline parent. Off-the-wall thoughts and criticisms appreciated.
Stimulant prescription for ADHD.
The drugs work even on neurotypical people, not just people with ADHD like me.
I certainly could have used them in calc class, I'll say that much. But I wouldn't advice seeking them until they're in their teens.
My challenge with Adderall was that it was great for studying, but horrible for during a test.
I'd probably want to save it as a weapon until college and have a pretty strict ration - probably 10 doses a semester or something.
It's hilarious how there's still such a stigma against it. A college peer of mine (who's arguably far smarter and motivated) was scandalized when he figured out I'd used it to study for one of our tests and accused me of wrecking the curve. My dad's always said something like "It's speed! Legal speed! Be careful!" despite my brother having a prescription.
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