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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a really hard time understanding all these posts crying about adult kids not having kids. I had kids because I like kids and wanted them. It never entered my mind that they were there to continue my genetic line. Who cares about that? [/quote]

I have a hard time understanding how people don’t get that we are relational beings. We gain meaning and fulfillment through relationships with others. And one of, if not the most, meaningful relationship one can have is between a parent and a child. It’s not that I care about my children not continuing my genetic line- I care about them making a deliberate choice to impoverish their own lives. Even the people saying they don’t care generally are also saying how much they enjoyed having children.

It would be the same disappointment I would feel if they never found useful work. Would you find it weird if you someone posted that they were disappointed that their child refused to work and lived off of friends and family even though they had no impediment to working? [/quote]

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