Oh that's the easy part. Those things, I can teach, am teaching, or will teach when the time comes.

No, the hard part is teaching them on how to _actively_ do bad things. To actively seek out people that can be taken advantage, and to actively seek out ways to take advantage of said people. To be in that mindset all the time, so it becomes their nature. i.e. to be a hacker of people and society.

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rixed 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just to let you know you are not alone and I could feel exactly the same guilt when trying to teach my own kids into doing the right things; especially wrt selfishness.

Solace will come soon, when you realise that the influence parents have over their children's education is in reality much less than what they think it is.

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GeorgeWBasic 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you're seriously considering teaching them that, you are not the good person you think you are.

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ares623 17 hours ago | parent [-]

It's a dilemma. My belief is that part of a parent's job is to prepare them for the world they will eventually find themselves in as adults. If that world overwhelmingly rewards (or even requires, at a bare minimum) "hackers", then it would be a failure on my part if they don't have that skill.

	▲	GeorgeWBasic 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Absolutely it is not acceptable to train your children to prey on and exploit other people, for any reason. That makes you part of the problem, and it makes them part of the problem when they grow up too. The solution is to fix society (yes, I know how hard that is) or move somewhere sane, not victimize others.