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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2 older siblings are childless. 38 and 44. The holidays they spend watching Netflix and surfing Reddit. I am sad for them. [/quote]

Sounds like a dream. [/quote]

I am one of these people; I am sad, but it is what it is. IVF was too expensive and prone not to work for me, and adoption was also too expensive. Maybe, when I can move to a more rural area that sadly has more available foster kids, I might consider adopting from foster care. [/quote]
We definitely need more people to foster children.  So, thank you, PP.

All these pro-birthers should also be willing to foster/adopt children.

Being a parent is hard. It requires not just financial sacrifices, but a lot of personal sacrifices, and TBH, a lot of men aren't willing to give up their selfish ways. They definitely should not be having any kids.  Women have more choices now, but a lot of men don't want to step up and be a true partner in the home with childcare and housechores.  But even if the DH does step up, it's still hard.

My parents had four kids, uneducated, worked menial jobs.  I have two kids, educated, work white collar office job.  Being a parent was hard for them for obvious reasons, but they didn't have the same expectations that we have on being a parent today, especially for UMC parents.  There's a lot of pressure to make sure your kids are exposed to different things; best education; read to them every night; take them to museums, blah blah blah.. I mean, I did all that, and I was glad to, but a lot of our spare time is spent doing stuff for/with the kids.  Those expectations didn't exist for my parents.

Then there are the college costs, not to mention medical costs that are through the roof.

If you are lower class, you can get all kinds of welfare, scholarships, etc etc.. If you are middle/umc, you don't qualify for those things, but you don't make enough to be "comfortable" and save for retirement.

I don't blame childless couples for not wanting kids.  It's definitely tough. At the same time, IMO, it will be lonelier for them when they hit a certain age.  [/quote]

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