Families Without Children - Report Reveals Changes in Attitudes Towards Kids

Zenit News Agency ^ | July 22, 2006

[LexBaird]

Are they more of a "family" than say, some of us childless couples who have been together happily for more than twenty years? :)

Yes. They are broken families, but they will still be around when the present generation is dead. Your marriage, happy as it is, won't.

[linda_22003]

Then I will happily take what I have over the "broken" variety. :)

[rwfromkansas]

I was a miracle....my mom was 42 when she had me.

[DungeonMaster]

Psalm 127
1 Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.
3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

[rwfromkansas]

Good thinking. I had not really thought about that since I was born when my mom was 42.

But, that is exceedingly rare, and I recall my gf's mother had early menopause.

I better not wait until 35, just in case.

[rwfromkansas]

Certainly true. It would be a joy.

[LexBaird]

So would I. Good marriages and good families are both created when all parties care for the welfare of the others above their own. Both are blessings, just different.

[linda_22003]

Is THAT what she told you it was.....? ;-D

[Theophilus]

Sometimes I wish I had a happy neighbor like you so that my kids could see the kind of life my wife and I sacrifice every day to have them, and also to learn some lessons of the kind that people with your unfrazzled, mature and pensive perspective and lifestyle can teach kids. Ranging from let me teach you how to whittle, throw a ball, mow a lawn properly for profit, or even just: "get he h@ll off my lawn" (appropriate proprietary boundaries) LOL.

[CindyDawg]

You are a family:')

[rwfromkansas]

lol!

[SauronOfMordor]

There are quite a few conservative families now who are having 4 or more kids -- and home schooling them. These will have a disproportionate impact on the future.

My homeschooling family is part of this trend

[justshutupandtakeit]

Now we just import adults from Mexico. Saves the trouble of raising them ourselves.

BTW it sounds doubtful that only 40% of the electorate were parents.

[Liberal Classic]

Can you divorce a brother or sister, a father or a mother?

In response to this, they most certainly can. People can disown their children, siblings, etc.

I maintain that you are wrong, that my wife and I are family, and I am going to leave it at that without any monkey business such as equivocating you and your wife homosexuals. Good day.

[OldPossum]

Why, thank you very much. That was such a nice compliment. I do try to keep an even temperament (at age 65 if I'm not mature I never will be) and would not even think about yelling at a child.

In turn, I would like neighbors such as you and your family. I live in a very, very rural area of 23 acres with very few people around. But this is what my wife and I sought out when we chose our retirement spot. We bought the land way back in 1972 (at a low, low price) and just hung on to it, and when it came time to retire, we had a house built on it.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Re your post 103, your neighbor did not die a pauper because she had no children (though it is likely that a son or daughter could have advised her about scams...though a good friend could have played this role), she died without assets because she had extremely poor judgment.

I wasn't going to reply to this thread, because it was several days old(thanks NYer for the ping! Been on the live ME threads), but I wanted to respond to this. It is entirely possible that this woman had undiagnosed Alzheimer's and/or dementia. Something similar happened to my mother, and it was a nightmare getting anyone to do anything to protect her. Her "good friends" swapped out a hardly used vacuum cleaner for a broken down piece of crap, and the same with her coffee maker. The one that worked, was removed and replaced with a broken one. I have a laundry list of missing appliances. That's just the piddly crap. We then get to the unecessary home repairs, ordered by her "good friends", who just happened to "know someone". About 13,000 bucks worth. I went to the local police (I HATE them), and was told that since there was no official diagnosis, there was no crime. Mom was calling the police constantly, complaining that people were living in her attic and garage. HELLO???!!!

I'm an only child. My parents were old enough to be grandparents when I popped up. No one deserves to be treated like that. I couldn't clean up the mess thanks to the government that cares so deeply for all it's citizens. /sarc

[OldPossum]

Thank you for your most interesting and informative post. I, the OldPossum, whose post you quoted, had overlooked the possibility that the lady may have been suffering from some form of mental disease. It was wrong for me to assume that she must have simply poor judgment; that could be the case but I didn't take into account that the judgment might be the result of senility or something worse. Please forgive.

I was appalled to read about the unforgiveable things that were done to your mother. I hope that there is a special place in Hell for people who do something to a helpless person such as her. May God Bless Her. OP

[television is just wrong]

I understand where you are coming from on this.

[ARAD]

Not to mention that fornication with many sex partners seems to be a true factor to the increasing trend of decreased fertility.

[ARAD]

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