People rarely shy away from listing the disadvantages of having children. But what about the other way around? What are the disadvantages of not having children?
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They already knew me of course as I often hang out with their mother and my neighbour, but I've never kept them alone.Nowadays they're 7 and 9. I often go to their place and the youngest gives me the biggest hugs, then just sit on my lap while the oldest just sit next to me, and both will tell me about their day and talk about random stuff. We do lots of activity together and I'm now more like an uncle than just the neighbour. And I love it.
There’s so much hard s**t about being a parent and I would never want to convince anyone to have kids if you’re not up for it. Because the hard s**t is relentless even when you are 100% onboard with being a parent. But my god is it awesome too, in the most literal sense of the word.If I need help with a bill, the community center won’t help me because I don’t have kids.I'm friends with a couple who don't work and have two kids. They have more money than I make, all funded by the state.
I think it’s best to frame having kids as going on an epic life-changing adventure. There will be glory and wonder and there will be horrors. The highs will take you higher than you ever thought possible but man are those lows low.BUT there are other paths to other adventures, ones with their own excitement and peril. Or maybe you’re more of the “stay in the Shire” type. That’s fine too.
But the real kicker was watching my grandparents grow old. My dad's parents were constantly surrounded by family with a lot of care and support as they grew old, not to mention, many more people to share the expense. My mom's parents had almost nobody. As their friends started to pass away, there were even fewer. My mom and her sister both had busy lives and couldn't spend a ton of time with them. Health, especially mental, deteriorated much more rapidly than the other side.
I work with older people mostly those with serious and complex medical problems. Very often the role of carer falls to the childless adult child. Due to the perception"they don't have anyone else to take care of thus it's their duty".Can't really think of any except no one to take care of me if I do make it to that age, but that's selfish AF anyway.
So I guess long story short I kind of see that as a con to not having kids. My mother and father, myself, and brother will all remember my aunt and uncle and so will my first cousins but after we’re gone it feels like no one will remember them anymore….like they were never here.Everyone is forgotten eventually. I find that comforting. No matter how big your screw up, a few thousand years and no one will remember. We, all of us are impermanent in a universe in constant flux.
I would like to think that raising my own children I would be able to teach them kindness and acceptance to help rid the world of the stupidity that we can't get over. I likely won't have that chance at least on my own children, but planning to volunteer to maybe help others' children.It usually comes down to the kid's spirit, natural personality.
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