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> You mean like what Grandma or Grandpa did to bring life into this world. You owe them so much and you haven't clue. I don't agree that my children should be
by WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
> You mean like what Grandma or Grandpa did to bring life into this world. You owe them so much and you haven't clue.
I don't agree that my children should be responsible for the obligations that follow my choice to have sex. Further, decades of parenting taught me that as far as there is a debt, it is mine to pay. Parenting is service.
ref: Father of 5. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34724289#34725607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34724289#34725607
- freedude 4y agoI can appreciate that parenthood is a form of service because I have lived it. What I cannot appreciate is an ungrateful child. Society will continue to descend into morass because of unwillingness to care for others. However I didn't learn this in a vacuum but had instruction as a child to value others. Generally to "love my neighbor as myself". But more specifically... Leviticus 19:32 Exodus 20:12 Ephesians 6:1-3