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CDC finds women shunning babies for little lapdogs
The Washington Times ^ | April 11, 2014 | Cheryl K. Chumley

Posted on 04/12/2014 12:02:46 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Young women just aren’t that crazy about babies any more, shunning the diaper changes and midnight feedings for dubbed-in family members that don’t demand as much care: dogs.

And not just any type dog — specifically, those that weigh less than 25 pounds.

“I’d rather have a dog over a kid,” said Sara Foster, 30, the proud owner of a French bulldog named Maddie, the New York Post reported. “It’s just less work and, honestly, I have more time to go out. You … don’t have to get a baby sitter.”

Her view is being repeated across the nation by women in the 15-to-29-years-old group, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. New statistics show that big drops in the numbers of babies born to women in this age group coincide with big increases in the numbers of dogs owned by females around the same age range, the business site Quartz reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; demographicwinter; fertilityrate; yappylittledogs
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1 posted on 04/12/2014 12:02:46 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ...

Yap Yap Yap!

PING!


2 posted on 04/12/2014 12:03:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s because the men are so selfish and bad fathers


3 posted on 04/12/2014 12:04:07 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This has been happening a for a long time. I think it is more of a replacement for an aborted child than just not wanting any children.


4 posted on 04/12/2014 12:04:48 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This may NOT be a bad thing. I know the world would be much better off if the libturds do not reproduce.


5 posted on 04/12/2014 12:06:54 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This is no surprise. Animals are more popular and treated better than babies in today’s America.


6 posted on 04/12/2014 12:08:59 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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It’s because the men are so selfish and bad fathers

It's because the women are sluts and bad mothers.

7 posted on 04/12/2014 12:09:12 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s better to never become a parent than to be a bad parent.


8 posted on 04/12/2014 12:12:26 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
“It’s just less work and, honestly, I have more time to go out. You … don’t have to get a baby sitter.”

Though I have a problem with Darwinian evolution, people such as the above is an area where I tend to believe that Darwin was right, in a sense, where the fittest survive, and the weak become extinct.

Cases such as the above are how the genetic pool is purified, and those wanting kids will pass on their genes.

The only problem now left, is to convince ALL LIBERALS that children are just burdens and that they should just live it up without any of the hassles that children bring.
9 posted on 04/12/2014 12:14:44 PM PDT by adorno (Y)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

55 million shunned babies and they get involved on this one?


10 posted on 04/12/2014 12:18:08 PM PDT by SADMILLIE
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Joe 6-pack

Doggie ping?


11 posted on 04/12/2014 12:19:00 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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Citizens of the idiocracy should not reproduce anyway.

Good news...


12 posted on 04/12/2014 12:22:39 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I always had both—LOL!


13 posted on 04/12/2014 12:25:13 PM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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How is this phenomenon, assuming it exists, a matter for the CDC to investigate?


14 posted on 04/12/2014 12:30:30 PM PDT by pluvmantelo (Sure would be nice if the same articles weren't posted multiple times)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Bingo...


15 posted on 04/12/2014 12:34:24 PM PDT by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I was just thinking about this subject. In particular there were 5 girls I knew who were unusually beautiful. None of them got married out of high school. One married at age 37 and has a baby. I bet she is a good Mother but I doubt she will ever have another.

None of the other 5 ever got married and a couple are now too old to have children. Oddly enough, I think they all would have been good Mothers, they were just raised in a time when girls were expected to have careers and a cat.

The reason I was thinking of them was partly it seemed such a waste that they did not pass on their genes.


16 posted on 04/12/2014 12:39:22 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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WOOOF!

Computer Hope

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

17 posted on 04/12/2014 12:41:26 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I have children and cats and reptiles and rodents.


18 posted on 04/12/2014 12:43:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Entropy is high. Wear a hat!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Stupid.

Being a mother has been the single most rewarding, stunning, and breathtaking experience of my life. I have a 7 year old daughter that I wouldn’t trade for ANYTHING. These pathetic women have no clue what they’re missing.


19 posted on 04/12/2014 12:44:36 PM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Bitter clinger & creepy-ass cracker)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I knew someone who got a tiny dog for a fashion accessory. It didn't last very long. When she figured out the dog had “needs” she suddenly tired of it.
20 posted on 04/12/2014 12:45:17 PM PDT by Ditter
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