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What does “having it all” mean? Not having kids, according to the latest sure-to-be-controversial issue of Time magazine. It includes stories like “Do Children Bring Happiness—Or Misery?” and “I Just Don’t Want a Child,” noting that the American birth rate is lower than it’s ever been in recorded history.
I'd expect the comments here to be pretty much the same as they are every time a "child-free" poster comes here and baits - just waiting for the handful of posters who will say that not having children is wrong/selfish etc. so they can post how awful parents treat them. MOST parents have no problem at all with those who choose not to have children, most parents are more upset with parents who never should have had children. If you don't want them, don't have them. Don't judge me for having them either though. As long as we're both on that page, no problem.
I'd expect the comments here to be pretty much the same as they are every time a "child-free" poster comes here and baits - just waiting for the handful of posters who will say that not having children is wrong/selfish etc. so they can post how awful parents treat them. MOST parents have no problem at all with those who choose not to have children, most parents are more upset with parents who never should have had children. If you don't want them, don't have them. Don't judge me for having them either though. As long as we're both on that page, no problem.
Couldn't care less about your reasons for being child-free. Neither do I expect that you care one bit about my reasons for having children. But I am getting awfully tired of the never-ending defensiveness and justification of lifestyle choices. That is all.
Last edited by randomparent; 08-04-2013 at 02:06 PM..
The vast majority of people really don't care if you have kids, why you do or don't have kids, or how you feel about those who do/don't have kids. Do what you want, be happy to be able to make your own choices, and let everyone else do the same.
We are here to follow our bliss. This is viewed as "selfish," which is fine, if the definition of that word means honoring our path. For some who come into this reality, they CHOOSE to be parents, just as their offspring CHOOSE to be the children of so-and-so.
Personally, I love the energy of children however I have no desire to go backwards and have to deal with all the worldly aspects of raising a child. I prefer my freedom.
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