Predicting the Future: Civil Servant Matrons

I think I'm ahead of my time. I believe the modern concept of family is stupid. Loving people unconditionally because of a similar genetic makeup? How arbitrary. You might as well love someone because they're short or tall. I love people based on how much our minds are alike; How we are intellectually and emotionally similar. Once upon a time, your kids were a means to secure your legitimacy or your property or an alliance. In the west, you were commanded by God to procreate whether you really wanted to or not; even if you didn't like kids and were no good at rearing them. I don't know who later went around and said kids were a joy and that raising them was in itself a satisfying endeavor.

I know there are plenty of kids out there who were conceived unintentionally by people who were not financially prepared to be parents. There are also many people having children who are not physically, intellectually, or emotionally capable of being good parents. There are many hungry children sleeping in cars in my first world country. Some day, this will change. Some day, people will just have better sense. They'll be smarter and happier people. Still, why should there still be a traditional family unit? My biological family is not preferred over my friends who I consider my surrogate and real family.

I believe that someday the orphanage will also evolve. An orphan will not be a sad thing. People who do not want to raise kids will be under no obligation when there's plenty of people out there who love kids and have the aptitude for taking care of them. I know of people myself who love kids so much they want to have 10! Why not pay those kinds of people to be full-time, kickass parents? Imagine how much more effective a parent could be without the need for money. Imagine how much better off the child will be when they more have access to a happier parent.

I believe that a society can function if no one raised their own kids and if all the kids were raised by professional matrons who were trained, educated, psychologically healthy, etc. It's not state parenting by Bush or Obama. Big Brother is not programming your kids. It's a real surrogate family funded by the state with the goal of raising and caring for kids as optimally as possible. Parenting is not a natural skill in which everyone is talented. Some people do it better.

Some of my favorite teachers are my favorite teachers because teaching was their passion, and the classroom was their happy place. Thank you to Scott Kirchner aka Cap'n Bob.