12-23-2009, 01:23 PM
Well, like Duchess and Lumpy I too am childless by CHOICE. I think it's the braver women who don't succumb to familial or social pressure to have children when they truly do not want them.
An unwanted child is worse than not having one at all. I know too many kids who (well, adults now) who didn't need to be told they were not exactly 'wanted' but "kept" anyway - they just knew. Or how about the single mom and the absent/not want to participate dad? Yeah, that's gotta be healthy for the kid.
Call me old fashioned but I strongly feel kids deserve two parents who love them and not be forced to be part of their lives by a court order. Granted shit happens and I am flexible enough to allow for that.
I have to agree with Lumpy when she said it does not take any great feat to have a baby. After all, women are built for that purpose but in return, it does not take much on the man to get his rocks off and make one as well.
An unwanted child is worse than not having one at all. I know too many kids who (well, adults now) who didn't need to be told they were not exactly 'wanted' but "kept" anyway - they just knew. Or how about the single mom and the absent/not want to participate dad? Yeah, that's gotta be healthy for the kid.
Call me old fashioned but I strongly feel kids deserve two parents who love them and not be forced to be part of their lives by a court order. Granted shit happens and I am flexible enough to allow for that.
I have to agree with Lumpy when she said it does not take any great feat to have a baby. After all, women are built for that purpose but in return, it does not take much on the man to get his rocks off and make one as well.