Right, so you can barely afford your children. That’s what this post is all about. Thanks for illustrating it so succinctly. |
Not really. Kids grow out of being kids. The elderly don’t grow out of being elderly—they just become more and more elderly. Until they die. |
No one gets a babysitter to go to Costco. You are delusional. Your views are also delusional. |
Op sounds like someone that wanted 3 kids but couldn’t have them. No one is bother by big families like Op is.
- mom of one (by choice) |
Or just have different priorities… |
I agree with this. I have two kids and OP sounds very triggered. |
3 kid parent here who can afford babysitting, has family locally, and now has one kid old enough to watch her siblings on occasion for short periods. Why in the world would it be a problem if I bring my kids to music class and have them play quietly in the waiting area? Same with sports and other classes. If one of my kids is doing a kid thing, the other kids are probably going to be along. They play together or I entertain them or they read. So? Adult gatherings and weddings I get the issue, but some the things you are expecting people not to bring their kids along for are insane. |
OP, if you don't want kids at your event, then don't invite them, problem solved. For other spaces, mind your own business and stop being such a misanthrope. Kids probably don't like you there either, given how much you seem to dislike them. The problem is completely symmetrical. |
No, we all have priorities. So while you demand aid for college all that money we saved will go to college. I don’t need someone to care for mine. |
If you go around with a gypsy tribe that’s loud, obnoxious and takes up most of the space it’s not appropriate to create a nuisance in public. It’s always the case that the parents of big families completely check out. They don’t have energy to get their kids to behave and adopt “kids will be kids” attitude when creating a nuisance for everyone else. |
Some people love to breed. |
That’s the delusion that parents like you have -you think your kids are quiet just because they’re screaming a couple decibels lower than at home. And no, that’s not true, you don’t entertain your kids either. |
I don’t invite them, but people bring them anyway because they can’t afford a babysitter. |
We had a kid drawn in our neighborhood pool because they were invited for a birthday party and the mom, a mother of five, assumed like at any other party she could just checkout and not watch the kid.
You know, how they always just drop them to free range assuming otherwise people will be supervise your kids? |
"Why even have kids, one of the most central sources of meaning in most people's lives, if you can't afford totally elective luxuries to make parenting easier?"
"Why even have kids if you can't afford a top of the line stroller and use hand me down clothes?" "Why even have kids if you can't afford private schools or a home in a 10/10 school district?" "Why even have kids if you can't provide for them because two of them may have to share a room at some point?" If you can't figure this out, OP, maybe try finding good examples of people with a heart and at least pretending to act like them. |