Think about it. Here’s what happens when you let families raise children:
1. People have kids that they can’t afford to support
2. Abusive or neglectful people, even violent criminals, are not prevented from having children
3. There is no control on population growth
4. Parents have to spend 24 hours a day being responsible for kids (and a lot are not responsible enough to be trusted with this)
5. Parents don’t have to be qualified to raise children, or even know the first thing about parenting
6. Even good parents allow their emotions to interfere with a child’s well-being
7. Bad kids go undisciplined
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I, as are most pinoys, are roman catholic. Catholics, as well as most other legitimate religions, believe that the major point of marriage is to raise a family.
If a married couple decides not to have children (excluding the infertile or the destitute, of course) what do you think their real reasons are? Why even bother getting married? Why not just live together?
Is it due to the fact that they consider marriage a temporary thing that works for now only and want to make sure they have “a way out” easily by not having children to fight over custody? Is it selfishness or the inability to give of oneself to raise a child? Or is it the unwillingness to allow your spouse to deflect attention from you to the child? Or something else?
Personally, I think only married people (with or without child) are really qualified to answer this question.
Sorry about that Pau ![]()
Dizzle and Buttgirl, I used to think like you guys too and shuddered at the thought of the awesome responsiblity of raising lil ones. But now, I consider it the absolute best thing we ever did. Parenthood feels like you transcended to another level of living and all of a sudden everything starts to immediately make sense about why we are here on this planet. It was not about me me me me us us us us –but it was about others.
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It takes a lot of time, energy, and money to raise a child. You have to divide your time between your child and spouse. You may end up neglecting your spouse due to the needs of your child. You or your spouse may have to work longer hours to pay the bills. How has having a child impacted your marriage?
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