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Many women want to be mothers. Having a kid is easier than falling off a log, it just takes time. However, it's not correct to imply that women with divorced f
by pekk 14y ago
Many women want to be mothers. Having a kid is easier than falling off a log, it just takes time.
However, it's not correct to imply that women with divorced families are worse somehow.
- danabramov 14y ago>Having a kid is easier than falling off a log, it just takes time. Um, you know, that's not always true.
- newbie12 14y agoThat's correct, women from broken homes may work harder at marriage because they know how awful divorce can be.
- jacoblyles 14y agoI would be interested in knowing whether or not one's likelihood to divorce is correlated with whether or not one's parents were divorced. Do you know what the data say? edit: I found some data. It looks like a couple is twice as likely to divorce if one of them comes from a divorced family, and three times as likely if both do: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/26714.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/26714.php
- speeder 14y agoThere are some US department of Justice data that shows stuff like 70% of people in prison being from fatherless homes and other things like that. There was somewhere in about.com a collection of that sort of data.
- jacoblyles 14y agoThe more I learn about social data, the more I learn to appreciate traditional values and wisdom.
- intended 14y agoDon't forget that traditional values and wisdom at one point believed that the ideal child was actually a young gentleman. Tradition values covered up a huge amount of pain and suffering and created the veneer of predictability. We've turned over the rock and whats crawling out is what people used to know always happened, but never spoke about.
- lostlogin 14y agoConsidering that life expectancy, quality of life and opportunities for better life are all somewhat better than historically, I for one like the current way of the world. I say this comparing it to what was, not to what it could be. Far too many people (a majority?) have far too little. I've just waved off my grandparents at the airport. My grandfather is the last living of his 14 siblings. 7 made it out of a childhood of abuse, poverty and neglect. Edinburgh in the 1940s sounds like a hell if you were poor. Edit: autocorrect error.
- ColinWright 14y ago> Having a kid is easier than falling off a log, > it just takes time. Wrong, and to say so like that demonstrates both ignorance and a significant lack of sensitivity.
- gknoy 14y agoI think he's correct. Being pregnant and giving birth is tremendously challenging (and rewarding, to many), but is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire rest of your life being about Not You. Not only do you face the constant lack of sleep, but you now have to worry about financial planning, raising the kid to be a good human, etc. Having a kid is easy. Raising a kid (well) is hard.
- ColinWright 14y agoSorry, but you too are showing breath-taking ignorance and considerable lack of sensitivity and tact, even with the clues staring you in the face. Let me be just a little more blunt - it's not only the case that for some people having children is not easy, but in addition, it's a big deal that they CAN'T HAVE CHILDREN. Now, have you got the point?
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- ColinWright 14y agoSalt, meet wound. Thanks.
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- gruseom 14y agoNow I'm angry. You're not the least bit sorry for his personal difficulties (as telegraphed by your telltale use of the word "but"). If you were, you wouldn't respond to them with pointless pedestrian claptrap. All you've done is show your own incapacity for empathy. Colin, please accept my apology on this guy's behalf.