Child-Free and Carefree

ABC News ^ | February 14, 2002 | Geraldine Sealey

[mamaduck]

You are right . . .I was wrong . . .

[Night Hides Not]

Well said, girl. My kids look about as anglo as any kid you'd ever want to see. However, when it comes out to filling out any paperwork at school, I tell them that they need to fill in the Hispanic block (my wife's Hispanic). Sorry, but that's the way the game is played today.

All those Yankees don't understand that down here in Texas, the Hispanic vote is trending more conservative every year, and it's scaring the hell out of the Democrat party. I see that with my own in-laws. Many of them (and its one of those BIG Hispanic families) never would've voted for a Republican ten years ago. Now that they've seen what the real world is like, and see where their money goes in taxes, they're more open to hearing what Republicans and conservatives have to say. They always were socially conservative and pro-life, but they've taken that next step in asserting themselves.

Except for the city of Dallas, and maybe Fort Worth, the Democrat party no longer exists as a political entity in the Metroplex.

There are great arguments on both sides regarding childbearing vs. childless. I only know that for myself, being a father has been the best thing that ever happened to me. My two kids drive me crazy, especially now that they're of the teenage persuasion, but I wouldn't trade them for anything!

Sorry, Capt.Mike, but there's one more Hispanic kid entering the world this week, not later than Friday morning: my second son! We haven't decided on a name yet, but if it is this Friday, his nickname will be 'Deuce', in honor of his birthdate, 2-22-2002.

In light of my advanced age (47), I have removed the word 'retirement' from all of my dictionaries and spell-checkers! Maybe I'll 'get it right' this time around!

[mamaduck]

sorry: except none of the above would have considered themselves "Child-Free and Carefree", nor do "career womyn" equate with Jesus or Mother Theresa . . .

[constitutiongirl]

Congrats on the new little boy. Ironically (or not), my father is a stauch conservative. I have one Cuban cousin who is a Libertarian and the rest of my Cuban family are either Republicans or Constitution Party members. My mother's family is rife with Socialists and liberals. The ones in Belfast vote Labour and the ones here (including Mom) vote Democrat.

[fogarty]

Indeed. And many here on this forum stand up and loudly comment on the fact that latinos are taking over. Well, now we can see why. Here is the undisguised fact: caucasian women in the US in the past 30 years have turned completely around in their worldview regarding children. The feminists did their job effectively - nowadays the white woman who really wants and desires to have a children just for the sake of building a family with her husband is rare indeed.

This is not the case with latinas. Their WHOLE culture revolves around the family as the bedrock foundation. And that is why their culture is expanding and growing.

Sure there are extremes on both ends of the spectrum. But when I look at a mixed latino family with four kids, who give up luxuries and 'entertainment' for the simple blessings of raising a baby - and compare them with a RINO rich white couple who've got no kids and money to burn.....I know who is going to inherit the future.

[fogarty]

And the Anglos only have themselves to blame. Caucasians - men and women, bought the feminist and new-age creeds hook, line and sinker. So they turned to wealth, entertainment, and stock options to bring them joy instead of the blessing of bringing up a baby and building families.

The bottom line is this: Caucasians turned their back on building families. Latinos did not. It's not hard to figure out which culture is going to expand.

(BTW your numbers are not only wrong, but not even close to being right.)

[fogarty]

No kidding! Evidently the Capt forgot to look back and see that CAUCASIAN families 50-60 years ago regularly had 5 or more kids each. My dad had 7 brothers and sisters. My mom had 8.

The fact of the matter is that whites (except for some who are religious) by and large have turned their backs on building families. They turned a long time ago to their stocks, homes, and entertainment to give them joy. It is getting harder and harder to even find a Caucasian women who desires to raise a family.

Fortunately this not the case with Latinas.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its not a sin agains’t God to not have children. Everyone is different. If you don’t want kids don’t have them its a big responsibility and you wouldn’t want to mess it up. I always knew I would be terrible at it. I am however a fantastic Aunt to 3 kids. I just can’t do it full time.