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What is a reason to have children that is not selfish unless your doing it to please your SO solely? Of course there's adoption.
by buckbova 10y ago
What is a reason to have children that is not selfish unless your doing it to please your SO solely?
Of course there's adoption.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoI should have explained my point more. I think parents have children because they feel obligated, or due to religious, family, social, or some other personal need. I don't know if I've ever met anyone or seen anywhere that a couple has asked themselves WHY they are having children, but rather SHOULD they have children. It's a sensitive subject that could make or break a relationship.
- beachstartup 10y agoyou forgot the big one -- to please the would-be grandparents.
- buckbova 10y agoHa! Having children to get your mother(-in-law) off your back? At which point these grandparents now criticize the way you raise your kids at the same time spoiling them. Worth it? Maybe because, let me guess, the grandparents are willing to babysit or provide daycare so you can work. The reason I'd have kids is for that connection only a father can have to his child and the joy a large extended family can bring as my children eventually have children and so on which is completely selfish. But I'd say there's nothing wrong with it in my eyes.