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Kid Crazy: Why We Exaggerate the Joys of Parenthood (sick article)
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| March 4, 2011
| John Cloud
Posted on 03/08/2011 10:54:33 AM PST by dawn53
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They spout this stuff like it's fact. Totally contrary to what we've found as parents (well, maybe that's because the article is right and I'm delusional.) /sarc
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posted on
03/08/2011 10:54:36 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: dawn53
Well now, don’t be too surprised. After all, it was TIME who also said babies are born racist...
Maybe Ted Turner is secretly in charge there?
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posted on
03/08/2011 10:58:50 AM PST
by
sinanju
To: dawn53
They’ll cost you a fortune, they’ll drive you insane, they’ll eat up all your time, and half the time you’ll want to throttle them or sell them to gypsies.
And you wouldn’t trade every horrible sleepless moment of it for ANYTHING in this world. I know I wouldn’t.
}:-)4
(proud daddy of a five-year-old)
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:00:14 AM PST
by
Moose4
("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
To: dawn53
It’s Time,what else does one need to know?
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:00:22 AM PST
by
kickonly88
(I love fossil fuel!)
To: dawn53
John Cloud is a gay libertarian writer, which might just be coloring his judgment a bit in regards to child-rearing.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:02:07 AM PST
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: dawn53
Didn’t bother to click on the link, but let me guess; the article goes on to state (cloaked as fact) that having children puts undue and unnecessary pressure on the environment and that our planet is unsustainable because of children. Therefore having children should be avoided.
Is that about right?
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:02:25 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)
To: dawn53
“But a new paper shows that parents fool themselves into believing that having kids is more rewarding than it actually is.”
Well, that’s because scientists are trying to measure “MATERIAL REWARDS”.
Every(well most) parent knows(learns) that children are a big responsibility and many times require a big (and long term) sacrifice.
MATERIAL GAIN is not why we have children. The ‘reward’ is something that cannot be measured, cannot be weighed, only felt.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:02:40 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post.)
To: dawn53
Not one word written about the love a parent has for their child. Very sad.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:03:04 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Utopia is being foisted on Americans for their own good.-- J. Robert Smith)
To: dawn53
Virginia Ironside says that a “good” mother would smother her disabled child.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:04:19 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Moose4
ROFL!!!!!!
I concur.
(proud mom of almost 13yo and daddy feels same way)
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:04:50 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: andy58-in-nh
I knew it. I just knew the writer was a homosexual.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:04:55 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)
To: dawn53
Obviously the writer is an angry frustrated liberal who hates himself and everyone else and would rather have us all just jump in a hole in the ground and pull the sand in over us.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:05:10 AM PST
by
Leftism is Mentally Deranged
(Liberalism is against human nature. Practicing liberalism is detrimental to your mental stability.)
To: andy58-in-nh
John Cloud is a gay libertarian writer,.... trying to justify not having any children because he's a homosexual.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:05:14 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post.)
To: dawn53
I bet the author was a joy to be around growing up (as well as now). Somebody has real mommy/daddy issues. Poor guy.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:05:18 AM PST
by
Tulane
To: dawn53
John Cloud wrote the piece on Ann Coulter that called her work "mostly true" and that he enjoyed spending time with her. All this in the pages of Time. That sent the Rats and Commies off the deep end. I believe that since then, Cloud has been writing to get back his leftist hack street cred. This piece should fit the bill to the "kids are a burden to my hip lifestyle" crowd.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:06:11 AM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: dawn53
...a nightmare of screaming fits, diapers, runny noses, wars over bedtimes and homework and clothes.
Usually the result of having others raise your children while you do something else all day.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:07:42 AM PST
by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: dawn53
Not a parent yet. Getting married in June.
This seems to go hand in hand with Obama’s “I don’t want her punished with a baby!”
Anything In life requires hard work. ANYTHING. Marriage, Job, Kids, Competitive sports... etc. More and more our country is getting away from realizing this. We always look for the easy way out.
PS, I despise TIME and I just have to hold my tongue everytime I go to my Fiancee’s house and see her parents have it on the table. Ughh... I have already made it clear that it won’t be allowed in our house. haha.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:07:42 AM PST
by
justice14
("stand up defend or lay down and die")
To: dawn53
Certainly, most parents are NOT delusional enough to believe that parenthood is chock-full of rainbows and sunshine, with each children-filled day bringing and endless supply of happiness. But we perservere through those days becuase we know that raising children is not a day-long, a month, or a year-long event. There are no guarantees of success. But we raise our children because they represent our belief in a future, that they might be a legacy that outlives us.
This author writes from a "what's in it for me?" point of view, so typical of today's "instant gratification" lifestyle. If you're looking for a reward that can be attained quickly, a child may not be for you.
Raising children, in its different forms, is something that's been done for thousands of years. Had child-raising not been in vogue, this bonehead would've never been around to write such a shallow opinion.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:08:54 AM PST
by
Lou L
(The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
To: dawn53
Nothing has brought more joy into my life than my children. There is no sacrifice I would not make for them. Most parents would agree. The author obviously does not have any children.
To: UCANSEE2
Wow, well I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.
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posted on
03/08/2011 11:09:55 AM PST
by
dawn53
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