* There are people who don't have children because they don't want to be parents. That's a valid personal decision.
* There are people would have children if society didn't make it so unnecessarily hard. If we had parental leave, affordable daycare, affordable housing, or wages that would support a family on one income, they would start a family.
* There are people who would have children if they had a reliable partner.
* There are people who want children, but are infertile or otherwise medically compromised.
* There are people who became parents when they didn't want to because they couldn't, or didn't want to, get an abortion.
* There are people who are parents because it just happened and they did not raise those children.
* There are people who are unhappy and/or terrible parents.
* There are people who have children they are thrilled about, whether they were planned or it just happened.
(Yes, there are people who belong in more than one category, myself included. There are also categories not included in this list.)
To say that any of these people don't have a stake in the future of our country is shortsighted and cruel, not to mention just plain wrong. It is in the best interests of all of us to have a healthy, educated, and ethical next generation to run society when it is their time, whether they are our children or someone else's. If your vision of the future includes only what will benefit your kin, you have no business running a carpool, much less a nation.
Only those on the two ends of the spectrum are happy about it, and it behooves all of us to do what we can as a society to help all those people who aren't on the ends of the spectrum. If parenthood were truly a personal choice for all, the children we end up with would have a better world to inherit.
brava!
ReplyDeleteWell said Miss C.!
ReplyDeleteI would love to copy and paste this on my FB page, MissC. Is that okay with you?
ReplyDeleteColonists here long ago persued forming their own country to obtain life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness. Project 2025 is the plan to take all that away. Anytime we see them do this to anyone, we need to do our best to stop it. Thanks, Miss Cellania!
ReplyDeleteSure, I don't mind you sharing this anywhere.
ReplyDeleteWith attribution of course!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteDone and dusted. I think your words are incredibly important for all of us to see and consider what Mr. Vance is touting.
ReplyDeleteWith the resent Supreme Court's political rulings, it appears to me that certain political groups wish to make women 'brood mares'.
ReplyDeleteAnd that fetuses are much more valuable than children.
Well said. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBrava MissC! So well said.
ReplyDeleteYes absolutely. It's a lot like people saying "my kids are through school, why should I vote for more school funding?" and then complaining that they can't hire qualified workers or that the cashier at the store couldn't do basic math when the computer went down.
ReplyDeleteSee, you fools, we could have had Miss C for President instead of double talking ne'er do wells. I'm sure she could run this site from the White House in her spare time.
ReplyDeleteWhen you let others run the show they'll drag the bottom and you've seen what they net, the finest government money can buy.
xoxoxoBruce
But I thought these Einsteins didn't want any government intervention in their lives.
ReplyDeleteThe hypocrisy burns, doesn't it?
I think about the parents who have lost children.
ReplyDeleteThe parents who struggle to pay for glasses and dentists.
The parents with medically fragile children.
The parents with children with disabilities and mental health issues.
The children in foster care-areal nightmare for some.
As a teacher I see these children every school day and I think about some of them forever.
Amen, Miss C!
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