why i will never have kids

We decided here about kids - yes or no. But Nature - already done it choice. And anything other - it's a crazy, and it can do only humans.
 
I do not have kids, but when I look around me, I honestly do not think having kids changes people.

In what way?
 
Kilgore_Trout_Redux said:
It definitely mellows a lot of people out and changes their priorities.
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Probably.

The problem is the generalisation. To say "kids have changed me completely" or something like that is just not true. That would imply that parenthood makes people perfect and we know from the stats of child abuse, etc that that is just not true.

Lots of parents are also criminals, abusers, alcoholics, etc! And so are lots of childless people :)
 
Nobody has said having kids makes you perfect. It just realigns your priorities and your world view. Having a kid isn't going to cure a violent psychopath or sociopath.
 
Kilgore_Trout_Redux said:
Nobody has said having kids makes you perfect. It just realigns your priorities and your world view. Having a kid isn't going to cure a violent psychopath or sociopath.
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Exactly.

People should stop seeing children as a bandaid for a damaged relationship or as having the ability to turn someone into a saint.

There are some crappy parents out there and there are some wonderful ones. Not everyones ' priorities change when they become parents.
 
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