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Childfree Doesn’t Mean Pain-Free
American Mind ^ | 1/25/23 | Peachy Keen

Posted on 01/26/2023 12:01:23 AM PST by CFW

The world is ending because we’re running out of people.

Or at least, one world—the one where people think babies cause problems. In this bleak dystopia—i.e., Current Year America—only half of women under age 45 have children.

But this is only half the story. The other half of the story—the weird half—is they think those numbers are good news. More women avoiding motherhood? That is progress now, dear.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childless; foolish; lonely
My dad used to kid my mother by saying they had a passel of kids so they would have someone to take care of them in their old age. He died 25 years ago, but mother outlived him and only passed away a few months ago. For her last few months of her life, there were enough of us children who lived nearby that we were able to rotate shifts so that one of us were with her at all times. My youngest sister and I were with her the night she passed away. We refused to put her in a nursing home. She gave her best and was always there for us, so we were determined we would be there for her. I wouldn't trade those nights sitting and chatting with her, hearing stories I had never heard before, for all the money in the world. Those that think they are "free" by not having children, are going to find that they are actually locked up by their own selfishness.
1 posted on 01/26/2023 12:01:23 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

“The world is ending because we’re running out of people.”

Warms the cockles of Bill Gate$ very small heart.


2 posted on 01/26/2023 12:43:00 AM PST by Paladin2
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Demonrats destroy everything they touch. They destroyed the investment return on raising children with their Socialist Security program. No longer do parents need their children to support them in old age, and no longer do they have a financial interest in their children developing to their fullest potential.

An instant solution is to extend the Amish exemption to all. Allow parents and their children to opt out of having 15% of their wages confiscated, and in exchange the children are responsible for their parents in old age. That is how it was done in 99% of history, and still applies in most of the world.

Because of no socialism, the average Amish American woman has 6 children. It's not shown in the demographics yet, but at that rate, the Amish will take over the world.

3 posted on 01/26/2023 12:50:05 AM PST by Reeses
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>> we’re running out of people

White people?


4 posted on 01/26/2023 1:41:22 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: CFW

The population is increasing by about 83 million each year.

That’s an entire United States added every 4 years.


5 posted on 01/26/2023 3:46:40 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: CFW

It was the same for us with Mom and Dad. Dad passed 15 years before Mama did. They had a passel of kids too, and like you, we all took turns being with Mama. She never went into a nursing home either. We were adamant about keeping her in her own home. Even though she grew to not know that I was her daughter, I wouldn’t trade my time with her for anything in the world.

My condolences to you for your recent loss of your mother.


6 posted on 01/26/2023 4:33:59 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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You are correct the left has feed us a huge lie.

By telling us that not having children is a good thing.

I try and convince younger couples to have more.


7 posted on 01/26/2023 4:55:21 AM PST by riverrunner
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“I try and convince younger couples to have more.”

The younger conservatives are picking up on this. During Turning Point’s AMFEST in December the common theme was “get married and have lots of babies”. I’m guessing 75% of speakers stressed that.

Kari Lake told them that the event was a good place to connect with a future spouse.


8 posted on 01/26/2023 5:10:46 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: CFW

Well said.

My sisters and I were very grateful that we could take care of our mother, as well.


9 posted on 01/26/2023 5:23:41 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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I am in my late 60’s, don’t have any children due to endometriosis when I was 22. Not having children is a pain that I have carried for many, many years and I know when I get to the point where I need more and more help, I will have to rely on strangers. The young women today really have no idea that there will come a day when their listening to lefty ideology of not bringing children into the world in order “to save the planet” will be a regret they will never ever get over. And no I was never able to adopt because in my day it was lot more difficult to qualify to be adoptive parents.


10 posted on 01/26/2023 5:53:50 AM PST by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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But on the other side of the coin government are begging for children to be their ATM for more government programs.


11 posted on 01/26/2023 8:17:08 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Feminism.
12 posted on 01/26/2023 8:17:58 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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