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What's So Terrible About Kids?

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idontunderstand:

--- Quote from: sitnspin on 08 Jan 2013, 08:52 ---
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 08 Jan 2013, 06:20 ---Having a kid = Polluting the world?

Sorry, I'm done with this discussion. I respect your view but we obviously won't see eye to eye.

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My point was simply that while one person doing something might not have a significant effect in the large scheme of things, it is never just one person doing it. The effects of millions of individuals making the same decision do aggregate. Pollution was just an example, it was not meant as a direct comparison.  Although, one could certainly argue that adding additional humans is, in a round about way,  polluting the world, that was not the point I was trying to make.

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Hm, I see. In that case I'll have to answer that of all the things we could do to make the planet a better place, I believe that "not having a kid" is pretty far down on the list. Raise the kid to be environmentally aware. Teach it to think critically. Show it what the world looks like outside the city limits. It doesn't have to grow to be a polluting little carnivore.

jmucchiello:

--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 07 Jan 2013, 08:54 ---"Not until you're 30!"

I've decided fairly recently (past year or two) that I do want kids at some point (as opposed to not knowing) but not until I'm established in my career. However, I'm not sure I could say why. So I definitely wouldn't criticize sounding for not wanting kids.

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Don't take this the wrong way, but don't wait. I know it's in vogue to have a career and then settle down. But to anyone who thinks they want children, I advise, don't wait. (Well, be in a committed relationship with someone who also wants children.) But once you are out of school, soon is the time to have children. You can always want to accomplish one more thing before you'll be ready to have kids. Do it too often and you'll be in your late 30s and wondering if you should have kids.

But the real reason to so sooner rather than later is that in your 20s you still have an abundance of energy and a child can suck that dry in an instant. Young people are designed for the rigors of child rearing. It will also be easier for you to identify with the trends that will fascinate your child when you are closer to their age.

And for those who think they won't want kids, that's fine. The last thing a child needs is a parent who regrets the decision to have kids, right?

Finally, I'd like to address some of the fears in this thread. Fear of the unknown is normal. Overcoming fear is also normal. Do it. There is no reason to fear "I might screw up some child's life." Odds are the child will mess with your head just as badly as you mess with its. :) I find it painfully ironic that the people who generally don't want kids are the smarter people who over think everything. I'm not saying having kids should be a thought-free endeavor. But analysis paralysis tends to be the geek way to avoid parenting.

My son can be a royal pain in the ass, and he's only seven. But I love him like I've never loved before. And you can't place a value of that kind of love.

YMMV, VWPBL, and several other disclaimers.

Method of Madness:
The "not until you're 30" was actually in response to "Logan, don't run!", not when I plan on having kids, just so everyone's clear. Although...I'm 25 right now, and I'll be starting law school this fall when I'm 26 and taking the bar when I'm almost 29.  Having kids while still in law school is not going to happen, but I suppose any time after that is fine, as long as I have a job.  So...yeah, 30 probably is the earliest I'd have kids, but probably not that long after that, for biological reasons, if anything else, since the further you go into your 30s the more risk you have.  (My girlfriend and I are the same age)

Pilchard123:
idontunderstand, sitnspin: Have either of you heard of the tragedy of the commons?

de_la_Nae:
On what is only a vaguely-related note, I will point out we have all that Moon with all its Moon-Dollars we could exploit if we'd just get on that shit better than we have been.

Just sayin'...

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