[kahljorn]

"what sort of solution do you guys propose?"

The solution where he develops good parenting skills and his kid doesn't end up being a little jerk, I guess :O

"You can raise two children the same way and they can be completely different because of their personalities. "

It has nothing to do with their personalities(I'm assuming yo u're talking about the babies "Personality"), personalities are formed around interaction with the family and enviroment, although there may be a few "individual" factors. It's also literally impossible to raise two children exactly the same way unless they are twins and born at the same time.

"He could let his folks raise it, sure, but that might screw the kid up more to learn his brother is his daddy than to have really young parents."

I don't really think it matters so much who his parents are but the type of enviroment his family creates, together, and the type of interaction the family has with the baby.

"As the baby grows, Shifty will no doubt grow, too. You guys seem to think he'll be a teen forever. "

Growing up doesn't grant maturity nor parenting skills :O

"Now, show me the asshole who ISN'T confused by life "

I'm not confused by life but I think showing you my asshole in this thread would be inappropriate :O