Why have kids?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
I guess I never really made a decision to have kids..................I just always knew that I would. Some people ponder the issue and decide that it's just too much work, or that it will put a damper on their lifestyle, but having kids is so much more than "having a kid". It is an experience that changes your being to the core, and if you take your job as a parent seriously, you will become someone that those who know you today, would barely recognize.
Children take you from thinking about "me", to thinking about "them". Your sole focus is now not to make money so "you" can get ahead, but to make money to give "them" a better life. You don't follow the speed limit to keep from getting a ticket, you follow the speed limit to keep them safe.
A human being who puts others before him/herself is a much better human being, in my opinion, and therefore, having a child transforms you into someone better...................... stronger, more sensitive, more responsible, more aware, more concerned, - I could go on and on. No, parenting doesn't come without it's share of frustrations, disappointments and heartache, but I wouldn't trade it for a 10million dollar winning lottery ticket................life wouldn't be worth living without my kids!
I guess I never really made a decision to have kids..................I just always knew that I would. Some people ponder the issue and decide that it's just too much work, or that it will put a damper on their lifestyle, but having kids is so much more than "having a kid". It is an experience that changes your being to the core, and if you take your job as a parent seriously, you will become someone that those who know you today, would barely recognize.
Children take you from thinking about "me", to thinking about "them". Your sole focus is now not to make money so "you" can get ahead, but to make money to give "them" a better life. You don't follow the speed limit to keep from getting a ticket, you follow the speed limit to keep them safe.
A human being who puts others before him/herself is a much better human being, in my opinion, and therefore, having a child transforms you into someone better...................... stronger, more sensitive, more responsible, more aware, more concerned, - I could go on and on. No, parenting doesn't come without it's share of frustrations, disappointments and heartache, but I wouldn't trade it for a 10million dollar winning lottery ticket................life wouldn't be worth living without my kids!
posted by Heather at 2:47 PM
5 Comments:
very nice article...thanks for sharing.
AMEN sister
don't forget, there are those who desperately want this too, but God has told them no - and they cannot have kids, or even get married - so thank God for the opportunity to have ouselves changed.
From the other side of the fence, there are many people who should have never had children due to their own lifestyle and career choices and wouldn't we have a lot less troubled children (not to mention unwanted children) if they/we were honest enough with ourselves that we really shouldn't have them. It maybe great for many, but not everyone. I can think of some wonderful people who have never had children, by choice or not and not even been married. I hope you don't believe this makes them less of a person.
I put people before myself who I didn't have to make.
Guess that makes me fuckin Mother Teresa.
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