Families Without Children - Report Reveals Changes in Attitudes Towards Kids

Zenit News Agency ^ | July 22, 2006

[NYer]

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[NYer]

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[LA Conservative]

Between this kind of thinking and abortion, liberals will be eventually become an insignificant minority.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

LOL! I have jokingly, at times of stress with our teenagers, told my husband that it would be easier to raise dogs! At that time, I guess I was half joking.....I'm glad it's almost over now.

[CindyDawg]

They need to adjust the tax bracket and give parents with teenagers, combat pay:')

[madprof98]

If it were only liberals, I'd be inclined to cheer this trend on . . . postponing children, that is, not aborting them. But the Me/Me/Me Now/Now/Now culture is not confined to liberals. A significant number of self-styled conservatives see "personal liberty" as the highest good . . . and they believe they are most liberated when they are free from any and every responsibility toward others.

[Irish Rose]

Depressing.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

LOL! You got that right! They will drive you crazy at times! :)

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Based on my informal study, women who towed the Superwoman line, got all the education that they can possibly get, haven't been married yet, and want kids, are extraordinarily desperate now. Almost in sheer panic mode. The men who wanted to marry them when they were in their twenties now still want to marry women in their twenties. They are passing on the older, desperate, ones...

Funny how what goes around comes around.

Of my survey I know a woman doctor and dentist who are almost begging to marry. No luck. They went for the income, passing on guys. Now guys are passing on them.

[CzarNicky]

I can't wait to read all the posts about how horrible a person I am. They always make me laugh.

[pettifogger]

In the magical land of unicorns there's no need for clothes

Or diets. Hand over the Better Batter ice cream.

[Humidston]

Drop in at any large store, walk around and observe kids in or near the toy department or in the checkout lanes screaming, demanding, whining...

What you see might well cause you to take an oath never to procreate! I think people today are flat SCARED of kids.

[B4Ranch]

If government would keep their darn fingers out of how parents choose to raise their children I think more people would be inclined to have more children.

Unfortunately with the NEA hovering over the classrooms parents are becoming just the breeders of the pupils. We have no authority over what they are taught anymore.

I think every American child should study American history first then world history. That way the kids would see how much better America is than the other countries. Instead the kids are being taught that they are citizens of the World and must know the distinctions between every other race on earth. They must never look down upon any other country because that isn't PC.

[sphinx]

In cultural terms the bias against children is likely to grow. Entertainment and pastimes for adults -- gambling, pornography and sex -- is one of the fastest growing and most lucrative, and exciting, sectors of the economy.

What a view of adulthood.

[LongElegantLegs]

Look for offense, and you're sure to find it.

[RKBA Democrat]

Interesting and relevant story. I think an important point that they left out was the impact on fertility rates of children whose parents were divorced.

Ultimately, I think it's going to be a lot more difficult for parents and children in the coming years. Our society in general is anti-child, and the infrastructure that would otherwise support young families is not doing so well. The government schools are a scandal, and with smaller families over generations there are fewer resources for young families to rely upon.

(Full disclosure: I'm married and childless.)

[goodnesswins]

Just look at myspace.com......you'll see the future....or at least part of it. It's scary.