[Shadowplay]

Some day, I guess... I'm 22 now, I think one child in 10 years would be okay and not too overwhelming. Just to continue my line :P But I'm most certainly not the one to have 4 kids and spend my whole life talking about poo and grade 1 maths.

[goldilockz1984]

(Original post by Dee Leigh)
Good advice!

Might use that quote in my sig...

And yes, thinking about it I do agree - deciding not to have a kid might just be as selfish as deciding to have one...I guess it depends on the reasons...

Thank you Dee Leigh, I am so flattered you've made my quote your signature! I know some people who are so entitled and act so superior simply because they have had children, something that every species known to man is capable of doing. I have no problem with people having children, it's the attitude that those who decide not to have children are somehow unfulfilled that really gets my goat. Personally, I don't rely on other people for my fulfillment.

Being child-free is the right choice for me. A very small part of me thinks that maybe I will adopt an older child in the very distant future, not because I want to be a mother (I don't) but because I would like to help someone live a life they might not otherwise have had. But then I can achieve the same through volunteering on a more watered down scale, so who knows.

[syrettd]

I don't want any children, but last time I said that on TSR I got negged. Having children is a choice, not an obligation.

[Dee Leigh]

(Original post by syrettd)
I don't want any children, but last time I said that on TSR I got negged. Having children is a choice, not an obligation.

True

And I pos repped you

[syrettd]

(Original post by Dee Leigh)
True

And I pos repped you

Thanks

[Dee Leigh]

(Original post by goldilockz1984)
Thank you Dee Leigh, I am so flattered you've made my quote your signature! I know some people who are so entitled and act so superior simply because they have had children, something that every species known to man is capable of doing. I have no problem with people having children, it's the attitude that those who decide not to have children are somehow unfulfilled that really gets my goat. Personally, I don't rely on other people for my fulfillment.

Being child-free is the right choice for me. A very small part of me thinks that maybe I will adopt an older child in the very distant future, not because I want to be a mother (I don't) but because I would like to help someone live a life they might not otherwise have had. But then I can achieve the same through volunteering on a more watered down scale, so who knows.

I was thinking about this this morning when I was reading this thread! I was thinking of adopting a girl who is an orphan from a poor country where they have less rights, because if I adopted them and brought them here, then I could give them opportunities that being in their country of origin would not give them.

[JKGB]

My opinions change all the time, a few years ago I would have said that I defiantly do want children, but now I'm not so sure.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

I don't know if I'll ever be close enough, or trust somebody enough, to have a planned child.

So if it happens, it'll probably be a screw up. Literally.

[Radio]

I'm still young, I don't want kids immediately but I wouldn't rule it out of my ideal vision of what my life might be like in 10 years time.

[MacDaddi]

Not now, but definitely later.

Being an embarrassing dad also looks quite fun as well

[Brand New Eyes]

Never, I can't even imagine the thought of my life in 20 years without children. they're so darn cute and fun

[jj193]

heaps of kids
kids hanging from the stairs, the lights etc
so many kids that you don't have to spend a day worrying if you can't find them all in a game of hide and seek.
heaps and heaps of kids all over the show

(TL;DR - HEAPS OF KIDS)

Hi ladies *sexyface*

[Medilord]

(Original post by syrettd)
I don't want any children, but last time I said that on TSR I got negged. Having children is a choice, not an obligation.

Well your choice has some serious consequences. It massively increases your likelihood of getting breast cancer, and contrary to what feminists would have you believe, the female body is optimised for making children.

Human women are one of a few species that don't die after passing reproductive age due to the importance of parenting and grandparenting. Are you willing to accept that their may be a natural gap in your life that can only be filled with raising children? If you are, great but if you are looking for a fulfilled life, you cannot truly be fulfilled as a woman without bearing children. That is why female infertility is such a tragedy.

[Aoide]

Human women are one of a few species that don't die after passing reproductive age due to the importance of parenting and grandparenting. Are you willing to accept that their may be a natural gap in your life that can only be filled with raising children? If you are, great but if you are looking for a fulfilled life, you cannot truly be fulfilled as a woman without bearing children. That is why female infertility is such a tragedy.

Seriously

There is a real difference between what you feel and what is fact. You personally may fell that way but judging by the stats on women without children i'm fairly confident plenty of people can live perfectly fulfilling lives without kids. However strongly you feel something doesn't mean others will.

[No Man]

(Original post by Medilord)
Well your choice has some serious consequences. It massively increases your likelihood of getting breast cancer, and contrary to what feminists would have you believe, the female body is optimised for making children.

Human women are one of a few species that don't die after passing reproductive age due to the importance of parenting and grandparenting. Are you willing to accept that their may be a natural gap in your life that can only be filled with raising children? If you are, great but if you are looking for a fulfilled life, you cannot truly be fulfilled as a woman without bearing children. That is why female infertility is such a tragedy.

I guess you don't believe in overpopulation.

[johndoranglasgow]

Bit early for me to be locking in life decisions at this stage but no, I've never really been particularly interested in having children.

That could quite possibly change though if I met absolutely the right person, I think there's a pretty big difference between a partner who you could live happily with and who you could raise happy children with - a difference that is often ignored.

[ironandwine]

nope, i'm definitely adopting at some stage in my life, as to whether or not i go through pregnancy remains to be seen. probably though.

(Original post by jj193)
heaps of kids
kids hanging from the stairs, the lights etc
so many kids that you don't have to spend a day worrying if you can't find them all in a game of hide and seek.
heaps and heaps of kids all over the show

(TL;DR - HEAPS OF KIDS)

Hi ladies *sexyface*

repped for lulz.

[iSMark]

(Original post by Dee Leigh)
I was reading about a historian who has decided not to have kids.

But I do know that it is a choice, not compulsory, and not something I am obliged to do.

People often have kids because of societal and cultural expectations, and for selfish reasons.

Did the historian suggest that those are the majority of the reasons then? (cultural, societal and selfishness?)

[Nalced]

I'm ugly...my kids will be. So no babies for me. AND- I like the idea that we all decide to stop having kids and just watch the world crumble. or, Everyone stops drinking and smoking and watching the government crumble

[Medilord]

(Original post by No Man)
I guess you don't believe in overpopulation.

We need a higher birthrate than 2.2 in this country if we don't want to suffer a demographic crisis as is occurring in Japan. Their population will collapse rapidly (its expected to shrink to 1/3 of 2010 population by 2060).

Overpopulation is a misnomer. An ageing population is far more of a problem than overpopulation is. Every human standing shoulder to shoulder could fit into Los Angeles, so we still have plenty of space for a peak population of 9 billion.