Jeff stared in disbelief, "Really? Really Mom? This is what you want?" She giggled though Jeff wasn't sure if that was a response or a reaction to his disbelief because she was in a playful mood a moment ago...
"I don't know how to take care of a baby. Don't you need to eat and poop all the time? I don't even know how to give you a diaper. What are you asking me for?"
To Jeff's surprise his mother got up and shakily crawled out of her clothes to the chair, pulling herself to a standing position and hitting the seat with her pudgy fist, she then looked at him and said "Deff" she concentrated really hard "Da eff"
Jeff got up and sat down at the chair unsure how to set himself up with all the skills he needs to not accidentally hurt or kill his mother. He began looking through the packages under Parent... Parent (age swap), Parent (instant), Parent (role swap), Parent (to partner), Parent (to sibling)
Instant? That sounds possibly promising. Jeff opened the package scrolled down and read just enough to see "select the parent to be, their child, the amount of changes to reality. this package will provide basic supplies and knowledge as though the parent was raising the child all along..." he scrolled down more "ideal for single parents, joining a family..." Jeff was sold.
Jeff made the selections, and saw he had three options when it came to setting up the reality change, Basic (Supplies, knowledge), Balanced
(Better preparation, more support), and Best (most prepared, best for child)
After making his selection he was given the option of forgetting his non parental reality, which he choose not to do and then he applied the package
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Jeff chose basic intending for this to be temporary and wanting minimal changes to reality. His bedroom rearranged itself and a crib pulled itself into existence along with a dresser full of baby clothes and supplies. A year's worth of memories changing diapers, watching his baby girl grow, and proudly presenting her to family at functions flooded into his head.
If he had read more carefully he would have noticed that as an all purpose package, whatever he chooses would include altering reality so that the child only remembers the parent to be and significant other (if applicable) as their parent(s)... This alone had the impact of erasing all of his mother's history, and she no longer had to struggle with difficult things like getting her adult vocabulary to try to work through her toddler brain connections, because it was gone.
The other significant impact was to ensure the age and finance appropriateness of the parent which, being 16, unemployed, without any job experience, and only half of a high school education, and having no savings, Jeff failed with flying colors.
Jeff's body grew to 22 years old, he had been working his way through college and achieved an Associate's Degree but didn't receive a good enough scholarship to continue and began working on his income and savings in hopes of continuing in a year or to... His girlfriend at the time became pregnant and he begged her not to terminate promising to take over parental duties to which she obliged. He had a chance to be 21 for 3 months before he was a full time parent and his childhood was 100% over. Now he's 22 and its his daughter's 1 year birthday!
His friends as a 20 year old began to fade as he focused on doing the right thing giving 110% towards preparing for parenthood and now there were only 2-3 people from his original friend group he spoke with quarterly. He worked hard to find a decent job and financially he is ok, but still living with his father so he can actually leave the house and go to work since he cant afford someone to babysit for 10 hours a night. He works 4pm to 1am but also wakes up at 7am when his dad is leaving for work. Occasionally, catching a nap with his daughter when he can.
The package also gave him two couples as parent friends in the area as part of his support network for emergencies, questions, play dates, and the occasional mental breakdown he may or may not have. The children's ages are all between newborn and 3, the parents are between 26 and 35 making Jeff by far the youngest of the group.
Jeff blinked sifting through the two realities as his 16 year old life became a dim ember glowing faintly in the back of his mind. Seeing his daughter naked, "Aww, how nice of you to undress and pull your diaper off!" The sarcasm was lost on her... "I wanted to give you a bath before your birthday party anyway!" She squealed with delight as bath time was play time! Just like food time, and nap time and 3am... well she had a lot to be happy about.
Jeff reached down knowing what to do and how to do it.