Is your child an extention of yourself?

I heard a lot of real life stories indicate that parents, especially fathers, tend to think about their children as an extention of themselves.

Of course, fathers always want what is best for their children. Sometimes, what is best seems to be what the fathers wanted when they were a child, but they never got it, or they never had a chance to get it.

Wouldn’t it be nice if human can inherit experiences and memories from their parents? We would never made the same mistake twice. We would never have to teach our children anything. And more over, our children can be exactly what we want without us having to tell them what they should do. For example, I had been trying to get in the PGA tour my whole life without any success. I could be sure that my children will be able to get in without much effort since they would have my experiences, abilities and memories.

No…that’s a silly thought. If humankind has that ability, our next generation will have to work even harder to get to where they want because everybody will be even better and harder to beat, won’t they?

The reason I write this message is just for myself really. I don’t want to make my child an extention of myself no matter how much I want him/her to be. I’ll have to come back to read my own thought later on.