• shikitohno@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I can’t understand why anyone would expect most people to want to have kids. I can hardly afford to take care of myself, things look like they’re only likely to get worse, and all indicators are that if I did have kids, they would be facing an even worse future when they hit adulthood. Why would I do that to them?

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      5 months ago

      I have kids. I love my kids, and being a parent is the best decision I ever made for myself.

      I can’t say I would recommend it, though.

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        5 months ago

        I am also a parent who dearly loves my daughter (it’s her 14th birthday tomorrow!) but I don’t want anyone to have kids who isn’t willing to take the time and the effort and spend the money.

        No child should be unloved or neglected.