By Jeff Nickles

Are your kids weird?

It is the desire of most parents that their children be normal and learn to fit in.

I’m not one of these parents.  Instead, I want my kids to grow up to be something very different than the norm.

Sure, I want them to be happy, successful (however they define success) and respected, but what has this got to do with being normal?

I’ve done some checking and normal is not what it used to be.  The more I look into what is normal, the more I want my two daughters to be weird.  I simply don’t want them following the pattern the rest of the world seems to embrace.

Normal Is Why I Want My Kids to Be Weird

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines weird to be “of strange or extraordinary character : odd, fantastic”. ... More...