it's a shame their PARENTS didn't think that way...It’s a great concept, until it’s time to collect your pension.
it's a shame their PARENTS didn't think that way...Most homosexual couples are “child-free” and I imagine that is a LARGE part of their nearly extinct readership.
And, ooh they asked people in that subculture about their lifestyle and those people ... surprise, surprise ... in general had good things to say about it.
How is this different from a report on heavy metal rockers, or punks, or senior citizens, or children moving in with their parents, or millenials, or ...
Citizens of the US owe two things to their fellow citizens: general respect & gratitude for all of the things that they are provided by their fellow citizens, and being themselves so that they can happily go about doing those things they want to do and giving back as much as they can to their fellow citizens.
If choosing to be childless is "their thing" then I would rather have them freely choose to be childless than bullied or shamed into having children they don't really want.
Whether they are doing it for "good" or "selfish" reasons that is between them and their God.
I can't wait for the issue of TIME where they highlight the lifestyles of people who have kids because all of their friends are having kids or because they have been shamed/guilted into having kids and treat their children accordingly.
How inspiring will that be?
1) Get birth rates below replacement levels
2) Import culturally alien foreigners to pick up the slack
3) Allow balkanized society to fester
4) Collapse the nation
Who needs Time Magazine?
I learned long ago not to disparage blessings from God.
I’ve wanted children, but not out of wedlock. this requires finding a similar minded woman, as I’m college educated, I’ve looked for similar... unfortunately, the women I’ve met in my life are those described in this article (typical for the liberally educated). one changed her mind... when she was in her mid 40s and reached out (a few years older then me). oh well.
still looking but the pickings are very slim (especially if you stick to some very basic standards)
I’ve considered looking outside the US, as I’ve found the women I’ve met in other countries to be more conservative in general
The apocalypse won't come from global warming, or from asteroids hitting the Earth. It will come from people living in cramped cities, choosing the abundant recreation of the city lifestyle rather than raising kids.
I am becoming more and more of a fan of John B. Calhoun. He was way ahead of his time in seeing how all this will play out. And the left is still spouting "overpopulation" nonsense from the 1960s. Birth control, abortion, gays, large cities, everything that causes the problem. The democrats are blind to the apocalypse, but we shouldn't be, and we need to be explaining this to the country.
Liberals disregard basic economics and human nature.
I come back home --no one wants to have kids out of fear of the financial implications, everything is costing twice as much and all of our food stuffs are shrinking.
Am I in some sort of hellish bizzaro world?
“...she has missed the most colossal experience of her sex.” - H.L. Mencken
Hedonists do not like the responsibility of raising children. Nor do socialists... It’s too much like work. I wish he hedonistic socialists of the 60s had thought as much. The ruling class just hires someone else to take care of them. I have never understood why you would have children and not fuss over them and teach them yourself. Didn’t the Bush empire have nannies? I think that was his reason for backing amnesty.
People who choose not to have kids have lots of disposable income that they can spend exclusively on themselves, and their lives are relatively carefree. But what about when they get old? Nobody cares about them. Too old to find a decent mate. No grandkids to dote over and be proud of. Nothing left to love except Cuddles the yappy dog. And the regret and bitterness that comes from being a lonely old spinster by choice.
These are the people keeping the puppy mills in business.
So do I, Kristen. That's not just because you had a miscarriage: it's God speaking in your heart about what He loves. Don't ever start thinking that babies are a burden or scary or anything but pure divine love.