Posted on 08/21/2007 7:40:52 AM PDT by DesScorp
A new book is causing a storm of controversy by labelling children as annoying and pointless - a charge made all the more inflammatory by the fact that its author is a mother. Entitled No Kid: 40 Reasons Not To Have Children, Corinne Maier's book has sparked fury in France, where it was published.
Here, Corinne argues her "no kid" case while another mum, Ursula Hirschkorn, stands firm for parenthood.
Corinne Maier, 43, a writer, who lives with her boyfriend Yves, 45, a psychiatrist, daughter Laure, 13, and son Cyrille, 10, in Brussels, argues her case.
Children are just too much work. They just aren't worth the hassle. Parents today are put under so much pressure to bring up perfect children, but what's the point?
They are just walking problems to which you constantly have to find solutions.
The world is in the grip of baby mania, with celebrities flaunting their pregnant bellies in magazines, live births on TV and everyone demanding the right to have a baby at any cost.
To be a la mode, the must-have accessory is a baby.
If you can't make your own, then a whole business has sprung up to service your needs and now as long as you've got the cash, you can buy IVF, eggs, sperm or even children.
Anyone who dares to be different and suggest that being child-free is the better option is vilified as immature or selfish.
It's a brave woman who will stand up for her right not to have children. ...
Even with anaesthetic it's the worst pain you'll ever feel. Anyone who tells you it will be a beautiful experience is lying. It's more like that scene from the film Alien, where the monster bursts from an astronaut's stomach.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Perhaps it is best if people this stupid do not have children.
Annoying? Definitely. Pointless? No way.
No, I guess they haven't noticed yet.
My children are worth every minute of pain, every discomfort of pregnancy, every annoyance, every broken item, every ER visit, every sleepless night. Nothing compares to the hugs, the kisses, and the “You’re the best Mommy in the world.” statements.
This woman has a meaningless life, and those children deserve better.
But then again...it may be temporary because if I remember correctly, my three were about 9 when I wanted to give them to their father for a few years.
Let's be real...someone told her she could make some money if she wrote a controversial book. Wonder who her ghost writer is/was?
She Should
Turn off the TV, throw away the paper, move to the country and go find Jesus on her own.
Per John Denver
The article doesn’t say if she’s divorced, just decided to have kids as a fashion statement, or accidently had kids.
THe other little girl came back to work...and said "I hate you"...You told me it was nothing. A few weeks of motherhood and she came back and said: "It IS nothing compared to what I feel now. THe love is just unbelievable."
What a crock of crap. My eleven-year-old daughter is the ONLY reason I get out of bed every morning to do another day of pointless work, making pointless crap to be sold to pointless people. When she climbs out of bed in the morning and comes in rubbing her sleeply eyes and sits on my lap for our daily morning hug and she says “I love you, daddy!” it makes it all worth it. Some people just don’t understand what life is all about.
My guess is that she's collecting child support payments from a father that was unable to convince the judge that she's not fit to be a parent.
After 12 hours of labor with my firstborn, the doctor handed my son to me and I said to my husband “I guess we could do this again sometime soon.” My doctor cracked up and said she had never had a mother say that QUITE so soon. :)
Actually for liberals
-who don’t believe in nationalism or tribalism of any kind..
-who don’t believe in any religions..
-who believe technology and development makes life worse..
-who believe we are all equal so any gifts; like math genius, or very creative, artistic, soothing tough etc.. they might have are simply a product of their environement
Why would they bother having children? The culmination of liberalism is to live your life in hedonistic glee, then die leaving nothing behind.
At least she’s honest. I think there have always been women who feel this way, yes, even mothers. But they didn’t dare say it.
Not everyone is cut out to be a mother. If her message stops someone not inclined to be a mother from reproducing, all the better for the unfortunate child(ren).
I would be perfectly happy if “liberals” eschewed procreation.
And really, they are. Another article in the WSJ stated the “fertility gap” between the libs and cons. Libs procreate at about a 1.5 rate while cons & religious people have about a 2.6 rate.
Unfortunately my sons girlfriend has a Mother that resents her and tells her that every day that she never wanted her.The funny thing is that the daughter she didn’t want is the good one ,that never gets into trouble and the one she likes is the one that constantly gets into trouble.
I would love to give that Mother a piece of my mind,but I am afraid if I did that she wouldn’t be allowed to come to my house any more, where she gets the love she deserves.She can’t wait to turn 18 in two years so she can move out of her parents house.The Father loves her,but is a wimp when it comes to dealing with his wife and mother of his two kids.
I am beside myself when my sons girlfriend tells me that I love her more then her own Mother.
It is beyond me why women like that have kids in the first place.
I love my kids and they are the best thing that ever happened to me.
I praise the Lord every day for blessing me with two wonderful kids.
Saturday...I had a decision...My grandchildren (4H festival) or an Annual Event at the Smith Observatory. It was an easy choice.
Interestingly, my oldest son thought I would choose the Observatory (since that is an obsession). He learned something about Mom that day when I said the babies always come first.
I would agree with you except she has two children who have to listen to her spew this ugliness. I feel very sorry for them.
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