If ever I decided to make that great leap into adulthood and create miniature carbon copies of myself infused with my weird quirks and a finely crafted passive aggressive nature, I would prefer knowing all the little details about my unborn kid right after he or she made the grand appearance. From the color of their eyes, to the texture of their hair, and more importantly the sex – I wouldn’t want to know before hand.

However, a clinic in the United States now says it can offer perspective parents the ability to choose what kind of kid they’re going to have. Do I get fries with that order?

To me, this story sounds more like a creepy sci-fi movie you would find on TV at 3 am in the morning, that is made on several home video cameras, and just layered with really crappy computer graphics that are awesomely bad.

These advancement in science and medicine make having a kid feel more like shopping for a pair a shoes – and I really, really, really hate shoe shopping.

From what I’ve heard, having a kid can be an unpredictable, but fulfilling experience. When you have a kid you get to experience all the many different wonders that come with being a parents, but that should obviously exclude having the ability to customize their skin tone.

All those little changeable details the clinic is offering to alter are really what makes kids who they are. I think if you start messing with their genetic makeup, you risk taking away many of their core traits that make them unique. Once you take away their uniqueness your essentially left with a fake human being.
—Eming Piansay