That is such a naive and ignorant generalization. Are you suggesting that every parent who had an unexpected pregnancy is foolish? What about single parents? No

That is such a naive and ignorant generalization. Are you suggesting that every parent who had an unexpected pregnancy is foolish? What about single parents? No-one is truly prepared or ready for parenthood, nor can you know what life might throw at you. Having a child when you're struggling day to day is certainly not ideal, but to say it's foolish is insulting. In theory, any would-be parent would want to have kids at the right time. Unfortunately, biology doesn't work like that, nor does the world. You can only be so ready. You're also assuming that the original comment was about bringing a child into the world in a circumstance where it was hard to make rent, they couldn't afford to quit the job and had a horrible boss. What if these circumstances happened after having children? Not everyone can simply quit and work elsewhere. If you're an engineer working in the bay area, you might have plenty of companies to send your resume to but that doesn't mean you're going to land on your feet. What about non-engineers? Or those who don't have the good fortune to be in an industry and location that is largely unique? I'd be interested to hear your advice for any factory workers in the Midwest where that factory closing means tough times ahead. Please, tell us how you think they should've avoided raising a family or making sure they had marketable job skills so they could land on their feet with a job of similar pay so they wouldn't have to struggle.