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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have kids, and I'm scared to because I feel like everyone i know who has kids, or writes about having kids, seems to complain constantly about it. It just seems to suck.

Is it really that bad? Or does the good outweigh the bad?[/quote]

I tell my nieces and nephews, if there were full disclosure no one would have children.  :)

It is an adjustment.  You are on call 24/7/365.  There is no break.  Yes, you can have physical breaks, but no mental ones.  You can divorce a spouse or quit a job, but you cannot stop being a parent.  You are in it for the long haul.  You are now not the most important person in your life- you have a responsibility to carry through for at least the next two decades.  You can't do what you want when you want.  When I started, Bill Clinton was President.  When my two have been (hopefully)  successfully launched, Hilary Clinton will be President.  Not everyone gets a happy baby.  Some of us have children with special needs that require more intense parenting for a much longer time.  You have to be willing to parent the child you have,not the child you think you should have.  People will blame you for anything that goes wrong.  Family may or may not be of help, regardless of how they have acted prior to you having children or even how they have acted with the children of your siblings.  Children can be as expensive as a mortgage.  They eat.  A lot. When they are teenagers, they may eat 3 times what you eat.  They poop and throw up more than you ever knew.

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