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To: discostu
I agree with you. Not everyone has the temperament to be a parent. Better to decline to bring new lives into the world you do not have the resources to raise properly.

And for those of you who call such folks selfish, tell me, is it less selfish to have a child only to lock it up in daycare soon after its born?

61 posted on 01/02/2002 7:42:10 AM PST by A Ruckus of Dogs
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To: A Ruckus of Dogs
Oh bless you. So rare to get any support on these threads. I use that arguement sometimes (should someone that doesn't like kids have kids), usually I'm met with the facile "once you have them you'll love them". And while this sometimes is the case it isn't always. My wife reads a lot of true crime and one of the most common phrases you'll see in those books is "unwanted child". There are people that don't decide to love kids once they have one. I don't think it's fair to gamble the kid's sanity on whether or not my attitude will change the minute their born. Doesn't seem selfish to me.
68 posted on 01/02/2002 7:53:22 AM PST by discostu
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