i'd like to open a discussion on the joys of child-rearing. any possible sub-topic is ok. i want to hear more from my friends on the topic, because i know i have a lot of friends with vastly different opinions.
this was brought on by a conversation with my oldest sister; the one who's 39 and has 3 toddlers. she told me that she wishes she were dead every day, that it's the worst thing that's ever happened to her, that her life is over, and that if she had it to do over again, she never would, and i shouldn't either. especially since i believe in spanking. she said that a person like that shouldn't ever have kids, or should educate themselves on child discipline first.
now, this is a topic i've had a lot of trouble deciding on in my life. and i think i know all the horrors. i'm not asking anyone to convince me whether or not to have kids; that's a topic we need to seek counseling on, but i thought i'd get your opinions on breeding. take it and run with it.
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Dude,
First I would need a girlfriend....
But anyway - I seriously doubt I'm going to procreate. This is rooted in my belief that we're going to have a major population contraction within our lifetimes. I can't justify bringing another person into the world.
Plus, I'm not at a point in my life where I could deal with a kid. So it's not even a possibility in my mind right now - actually it disgusts me.
-biff
Well, I think you know how we feel about this. so i'm not really going to get into that. but oddly enough I was googling killing children yesterday and came up with an interesting article. some talk raido show guy in bumfuck somewhere was all pro child beating, and I guess some bible beater called him up and told him it was against god. so he bet them 100 bucks (to thier favorite charity) thats not only were they wrong but the bible actually supports killing bad children. so they called back next week and sure enough there is a passage in the bible about how you need to kill your bad children. i'll find the link again when i'm at work and make some spectacular postage.
Dangling Chanceiceptile
http://www.valleyskeptic.com/bible_murder.html
GOOD EVENING BUFFALO!
Are you ready to rock?
get your t-shirts of laides!
Kill your children for god.
meh. I have a 4 year old son. I wouldn't trade him for all the money in the world. But I wouldn't do it again by choice. He makes my life more stable, with a clearer path and a reason to keep trying. A child loves you unconditionally, but demands the same in return. It's as much pleasure and pain being with him as it is being separated from him. It's like living in two places at once, with only half my mind in either. I love my son and want only the best for him, so I work harder than I would for myself. Bottom line, to each his own. If you want them, they'll bring joys and pain. If you don't, they'll bring joys and pain. Only a completely heartless person would find no reason to love a child.
--D
thanks for the responses. i thought more people would be interested in this topic than actually were.
so my comments are as follows.
biff, i respect your (and anyone else's)decision not to breed. i think that anyone who can make that decision is probably better off than everyone else.
chance, i'd like to state that even though i'm all about murdering your brat child, i feel duty-bound to inform my readers that any biblical laws in the old testament dealing with society (not necessarily the big things, like the ten commandments) aren't really meant for people who came after Jesus died to follow strictly. the events of the New Testament made old laws obsolete.
daryl, that was a very lucid post. i'm not sure i'd call anyone who couldn't love a kid heartless. i've met all kinds of people, and some of them don't love kids, and aren't really heartless. but it's good to hear you talk about how you feel about your kid.
Christina, I think I would continue my support of the heartless comment. Children are just small, uneducated adults. If you can't love a child, who has a unique personality, a unique view on the world, and unique ideas, how can you say you can love an adult with the same things? Children have to be taught things, and so do adults. The difference is the ability or inability to take care of one's self.
since when do you love adults, daryl?
Let's see, Christina, I love you, Kristen, a few male friends... Individuals are okay, darlin'. It's human beings as a group that suck ass. --D
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