Blue state democrat party sterility = Socialist Europe sterility
No babies. End of the line. Not a minute too soon, to my way of thinking.
There is no such thing as "a family without children." The term the author means to use is "couples."
"What does this portend for the future, the report asks. For a start, less political support for families. In the last presidential election, parents made up slightly less than 40% of the electorate. Less votes translates into less support for funding of schools and youth activities. Already a number of communities across the nation are trying to hold down property taxes by restricting the construction of affordable single family housing."
I would decry this increasing trend of childlessness but for the above excerpt. My sympathy dries up when my pocketbook gets flinched from. That and to witness the outrageous behavior of kids these days makes the idea od raising a family sickening to one's stomach. And then there's the divorce rate...
I was blessed with four children. I would have had more if we could have afforded it.
I can't imagine my life without even one of them.
BTT
The headline is an oxymoron. You can have a marriage without children, but you can't have your own family.
maybe the best age that a guy could marry is from 33 to 38. That way, you could avail of the benefits of singlehood during your 20's before eventually possessing a stable income source that would help you raise a family with relative ease.
If it's true that we don't "own" our children ~ and I believe it is ~
then we can trust that their Owner will provide them and us with
all the right ideas we need to succeed.
We adore each other (usually!), and our children.
So glad we've stayed together.
It's been worth the sacrifices.
Our favorite joke:
A couple in their 90's walks into a law office, seeking a divorce.
The lawyer asks, why, after all this time?
They reply, "We've just been waiting for the kids to die."
As for myself, I cannot wait until the day when my husband and I can have children. We fit into the category of the couples that are married for a while before having kids. But we still do want children, just not until we get our lives to a more stable place.
I can't imagine anything worse in old age than to have no family. There was a woman in our area who lived to be well over 100. She had never married and was an only child. When asked about her life she candidly said that everyone she had ever been close to was long dead and she worried that no one would remember her when she was dead.
2006 marriage report
My wife knows her place...she runs everything including me!
When I get married, which may be soon, we have both decided to wait a few years before kids.
Frankly, there are three reasons for this.
I want to grow closer to my likely spouse and have the first few years just be "us" time.
We absolutely need a few years to save up money....once we have a kid, a big chunk of change will go toward him or her.
I want to wait a few years until I am established in my career and not moving around as much.
Frankly, I could wait until I was 35 (10 years) even.
But, not longer than that.
Well, it seems to me that the state, the courts and living in the US is predisposed against having children.
OTOH, some people should *NOT* be parents. Not every couple with a set of intact reproductive organs should be reproducing.
At least there's one cultural trend pointing toward less, rather than more, welfare statism....
God forunately provides even in this situation. Many women in their mid-30s have an uncontrolable urge to bear children and many men of the same age have an uncontrolable urge to make the first down payment in that process without realizing they can be on the hook for much much more.
True, you wind up with a family structure similar to many poor black neighborhoods but, at least, producing the next generation goes on.
My wife and I never had children. I always knew that I would be the same kind of parent as my parents and had no desire to inflict that on any kid.
God bless all of the good parents out there.
I wish I could have more children.
Your prayers are appreciated.