How are you going to raise your kids?

I haven't really thought about it, but I suppose I'd want to instill the beacon of nanny-culture that is a "healthy, active lifestyle". It's just sensible, really. Maybe help them get into an instrument or sport pretty early on, but not force it on them of course. Oh, and encourage reading. That's a big one for me.

Sorry but this doesn't sound like a very loving family experience if "pulling your weight" is mandatory at 16. Sounds like something Robert Heinlein would have thought up.

Give them piano lessons from age 10 and once they quit at 15 I will act disappointed but actually I will be happy because I could never stand pretending to enjoy listening to them. That will be the underlying philosophy of how I raise them.

Really?!

Sorry but this doesn't sound like a very loving family experience if "pulling your weight" is mandatory at 16. Sounds like something Robert Heinlein would have thought up.

Yep. TV can make a person/child lazy, and it's also full of violence at times, and as I said, kids are very easily influenced

When my child start's to crawl im going to start putting bag's of sugar on his back.

To make him stronger than the other children.

Then when he's about nine im going to start chasing him,

To make him fast and fit.

For every question he get's wrong on his homework, im going to punish him.

To make him intelligent

But most of all, im going to love him.

I agree, I think they'd grow up to hate you if you charged your own children money! It'd be like you didn't love them and that you feel that they were a financial burden... If my parents made me get a job at 16 and charged me rent I'd never speak to them again after I left home. TBH if they make me pay for university I'll certainly give them the cold shoulder for a couple of years.

Yep. TV can make a person/child lazy, and it's also full of violence at times, and as I said, kids are very easily influenced

Can I pay you to look after mine

I'll be extremely liberal as a parent.
My children will be allowed to do as they wish, as far as I'm concerned, but must face all consequences on their own. I'll offer guidance, but I won't tell them what to do.
I'll also make sure that they're pulling their weight throughout lives; including paying rent at 16 (at the latest) and living entirely independently by 19.
Of course, there'll be another parent to take a different approach.

Yah, I had quite a few rows with my parents over money at university. They've come round though and give me free money >_>

The way I see it is as follows. If parents want support from their children when THEY'RE old, they ought to give support to their children while THEY'RE young. I feel like my parents have given me all the support they could so I will repay that debt by supporting them when they're older... but if I was made to pay my way at age 16 and be "fully independent" at 19 I would have serious qualms about supporting them when they were older as it would feel somewhat hypocritical.

they don't call you evil bethan for nothing

See, this I differ on. I won't want my children to be supporting me. That shouldn't be their responsibility. Either I sort out my finances for my retirement years myself, or I suffer the consequences.