[DesertRhino]

everyone is brought into the world in an act of sacrificial love?

Not unless you think the rewards of having children are *less* than what it takes to create and raise them. Many people i know view having their children as a joy exceeding anything they must do to have them.
Having children is certainly not usually an act of “sacrificial love”. It’s usually someone getting exactly what they desire. That’s not a definition of sacrifice.

Anyway guys, gotta run, i feel the need to sacrifice a dollar and a quarter for some McDonalds coffee.

[Truthsearcher]

There is a difference between deriving joy from your children, and having children only because of what joy they can bring you.

Those who are the latter usually make terrible parents.

[r9etb]

Not unless you think the rewards of having children are *less* than what it takes to create and raise them. Many people i know view having their children as a joy exceeding anything they must do to have them.

What this boils down to is, we only have a moral responsibility to care for our children if we realize a personal reward for doing so. If we do not feel a reward that exceeds the effort, we are morally justified in leaving our children to shift for themselves.

Which is ridiculous.