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I'd rather see people make this decision then have children and let a nanny raise them. I know a couple who are business professional first and parents somewhere way down the list. They have a nanny that feeds, changes, bathes entertains, puts to bed and loves their 11-month old daughter, eben when they are there. They want a $1.5 million dollar house, so they keep working and have a nanny. Nice perspective.
What we have here is a liberal who won't be making more liberals. Sounds like a win-win situation.
Amen to this article. Since my sister had children, in the eyes of the new grandparents my brother and I are pretty much dispensable with.
Further, they have no idea why my brother and I don't think the grandchildren are THE coolest things ever to hit the earth.
I know of a number of couples my age (mid-20s) who have no intention of having kids. Whatever floats their boat. Some people do it for selfish reasons, others just aren't "kid" people. I can respect that - better to not have children then to be pressured into having them and later resenting the poor kids.
We're planning to wait until at least our 2nd wedding anniversary to start our family. I need to finish my masters, we need to pay off my student loans and buy a home, and we need for him to be settled in his career. I realize in the eyes of many, waiting a while to have kids makes us selfish.
Oh, and I'm going to be a working mother, too. But I've been told repeatedly here that no good conservative woman should be anything but a homeschooling stay-at-home mom.
As a child of a 2-income couple, I never felt unloved or neglected simply because my mom and dad both worked full time. My parents still made it to our sporting events and band concerts, and my brother and I were very much loved. I genuinely don't get why the working mother is demonized by some conservatives.