Aunty's right-- not all douchebags are New-Agers. It's not fair of me to debase all douchebags in that way. I apologize.

Anyway,

My philosophy as a parent is to make my child into a well-functioning adult. Period.
Im not trying to live vicariously through her, or make her some sort of superstar, or make some kind of clone of myself. I figure if she can graduate college before she gets knocked up/married, and she makes it through life without needing therapy and a drug habit, I've done my job as a parent.