What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?

[Drich]

The problems with this analogy are myriad.

1) Children of any species will generally grow up into something resembling their parents. You and I will not grow up to be omnipotent beings.

That's easily resolved we are not direct off spring. Again we were Fashioned or made in the Image of God. That is the difference between a painting of a tree and a seedling that came from a tree.

2) No one, other than an emotional monster, wants their kids to worship them---I don't even want my pets to worship me.

That's not true, or at the least it is short sighted.
Ask yourself do you want your kids to love you? At it's core Worship is directed love. Lets say your kid is special needs and does not share the same 'values' as you do.

Let's say your kid's idea of expressing love is making a poop and drawing hearts on the walls of your house.
Without a doubt your child loves you as per all the poop stained heart drawings you have on everything you own. The question then becomes will you simply accept the offering of 'poop hearts' pasted all over your stuff, or would you want your kid to direct his love for you in a way that more aligns itself with your idea of love, rather than his?

If you so much as clean up the offering of poop hearts your kid left you, then you are trying to direct/mandate a method of worship, as his personal 'heart felt' expression of love is not acceptable.

So which is it? will you except the crap your kid wants to give you or will you demand that your kid 'worship' you the way you want to be loved?

3) Sharing an emotional bond does not generally involve worship and it shouldn't.

Maybe you should define worship.
I using what the dictionary says.
wor·ship
/ˈwərSHəp/
noun
noun: worship
1.the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
"the worship of God"
the acts or rites that make up a formal expression of reverence for a deity; a religious ceremony or ceremonies.
show reverence and adoration for (a deity); honor with religious rites.

4) Parents usually provide rather better for their children than the world provides for people.

Those who accept Christ do get 'adopted' into the Family. As such 'we' do get it better than everyone else. That is why there will be a seperation from the wheat and the weeds, the sheep and goats, the wheat and chaff etc...

5) Good parents do not play favorites among their kids.

Again 'we' are not all God's kids.

6) Most people value praise from their peers, not from toddlers.

ever been a mentor? Ever been a parent? If yes to either you know there is nothing more heart warming than when your kid/Mint-tea shows you a measure of love or appreciation on your own level.

7) The goal of parenthood is to make self sufficient adults out of children. God appears to want us to be mostly self sufficient in childhood (i.e. like of earth) and then provide for us absolutely afterwards---rather backwards.

This whole life in light of eternity is our childhood!

I could go on, and on.

6) Good parents

please do, this was fun.

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That's the whole point of parenting. You rise the child to become independent, where they move off and make their own family and the cycle continues. Keeping in touch afterwards is entirely optional. In fact the idea of moving farther away could be explained by an evolutionary need to prevent inbreeding. You're less likely to have sex with a member of your family if you move to the next town over or something.

so once your kid hits 18 that's it? So you are like a bird or a bear with no contact with your off spring or it's off spring ever again? or are you like everyone else who wants to have the 'picture book' family?

Evolution is at odds with our family structure. to keep a pack of genetically incompatiable people around who do nothing other than drain resources does not follow the darwinnian model of the survival of the fittest.