why having kids is the best thing ever

[SteveT]

Making kids is the best thing ever, having them is okay too.

I would never turn the clock back to being childless,

but I think my mother would.

[PeckhamRose]

It's childFREE, dya mind? Ta.

[MelbourneGr]

I've learnt loads from my parents. I pretty much know what not to do with my kids.

Religion, alcohol and discipline made a very confusing childhood.

[PeckhamRose]

I definitely learned from mine, and so did Mr Rose. We're both only children but down the snipclinic went he.

[SteveT]

PeckhamRose wrote:- It's childFREE, dya mind? Ta.

No I don't mind PeckhamRose, but you obviously do, pricklyrose may be more apt.

[Cassius]

Surely if you care about the planet then the extinction of the human race can be the best possible outcome. It managed quite happily without us for about 99.999999% of its existence. Bird flu - bring it on.....

[PeckhamRose]

SteveT relax. It's just that the word "less" always sounds like we're minus something because we have no kids.

But the suffix "Free" makes like we actively made a decision not to.

Not prickly, just makin' a point. Ta!

[SteveT]

PeckhamRose wrote:- We're both only children.........

With time you may develop to become an adult humanist.

[Michael Palaeologus]

I am not childless, I am child-free as in fat-free, disease-free and germ-free

[dulwichmum]

Darling Michael,

Now you do realise that if you insist on making these far fetched claims I will have to step in and force you to tell the truth...

[Michael Palaeologus]

I may also become Mistress-free in the very near future.

[Brendan]

Cassius Wrote:

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> Surely if you care about the planet then the

> extinction of the human race can be the best

> possible outcome. It managed quite happily

> without us for about 99.999999% of its existence.

> Bird flu - bring it on.....

But if there is no one there to know that the world exists, it may very well not. You?re playing with the very existence of existence there, stop it. It frightens me.

[SeanMacGabhann]

There is a difference between saying "wait a minute, why don't we ease of on the accelerator even if we are in the speed limit - there seems to be a lot of oil on the ground" and "Stop the car! Stop the car!"

I think there is merit in people not having children - probably a small percentage will opt for that route but clearly at current rate of population growth, the globe will give up the ghost eventually?

I wouldn't rule out an eventual cap on family size either - I see nothing intrinsically unfair about it - for the same reason.

[ratty]

I think people that don't have children should have a collective responsibility to take on the financial burden of those that do!

So, if each CHILDFREE person on here would like to make a contribution to my boys nursery fees from next January please PM me!

Go on , pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez????

[Jimbob]

i,ll tell you why having kids is the best thing ever.......... because i was able to buy a wii at the weekend, and pretend it was for them. talk about pulling the wool over the wife,s eyes.:)-D

[SeanMacGabhann]

Pshaaa - I get to play on whatever console I like AND I don't have to share it with little-jammy-fingers

[Ted Max]

I find it amazing* that DanMaitland has not been back to comment since he applied the jump leads to this thread yesterday.

* Not really

[Cassius]

Ratty - I already to contribute to your children's education by paying taxes (unless of course you go private and then don't need my contribution!)

Edited to add - sorry in retrospect realised this seems a bit pious - maybe I should have added a :)

[capt_birdseye]

...and Ratty's children will be paying for your state pension (unless they've been scrapped by then) :)

[shoshntosh]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> There is a difference between saying "wait a

> minute, why don't we ease of on the accelerator

> even if we are in the speed limit - there seems to

> be a lot of oil on the ground" and "Stop the car!

> Stop the car!"

>

> I think there is merit in people not having

> children - probably a small percentage will opt

> for that route but clearly at current rate of

> population growth, the globe will give up the

> ghost eventually?

>

> I wouldn't rule out an eventual cap on family size

> either - I see nothing intrinsically unfair about

> it - for the same reason.

is that YOUR excuse? or is it not wanting to share your toys?

[SeanMacGabhann]

I love it when my beliefs and my excuses coincide shosh... what can I say??

Now, do you want to be player 1 or player 2?

[ratty]

capt_birdseye Wrote:

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> ...and Ratty's children will be paying for your

> state pension (unless they've been scrapped by

> then) :)

My children will be scrapped????? Oh, I see! :D

Had a half hour of play with my one year old before work this morning. He is learning to walk and pelted across the front room, gaining speed before nearly falling splat on his face (his elbows just saved him).

Yes - having children, for me, is the BEST THING EVER!

[TillieTrotter]

I have one flying the nest tomorrow. Off to uni she goes. I feel like there will be a huge hole in my life but I am so very very proud of her. That's the reward for 19 years of hard work.

[Moos]

Heartfelt congratulations, Tillie. Sounds like you have a lot to be proud of. Don't cry too much tomorrow!

[neecheecat]

I find children, babies and pregnant women utterly repulsive - it's almost verging on phobic. I'm staring to think it's an evolutionary thing... like the world is so over populated that now some people are born to inherently not want children.

People always think I'm exaggerating or that I will "grow out of it" (I'm close to 30 now), but really, I can't stand children. It's like a parasite that feeds off of you for 9 months, then it comes out of your vagina (the average baby weighs 7.5lbs!) and you're expected to look after it and buy it stuff for 18+ years. NO THANKS!

I'm going to stick to cats. All babies look like Winston Churchill... but you's be hard pressed to find an un-cute kitten!