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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids and their friends are all like this. I suspect it's this generation's rebellion topic, along with fluid sexual identity. They declare don't want kids either. I[b]t's so weird to me, because I've always wanted kids and a family[/b].

But I know that right now if I make any sort of comments, they will just become more oppositional about it ;-)

So sit tight and wait for this phase to pass, OP.
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[b]This seems to indicate something rigid in you.[/b]

Do you know any 15 year old boys? Hopefully they aren’t clamoring for marriage. Some answer was given in my 1980s health class by a majority of boys. Most are married or were married.
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So anything that doesn't dovetail with your life experience is "rigid"? I have a 20 yo son and a 15 yo daughter. I was merely expecting them to not have any opinions on marriage. Not to say "I don't want kids and won't marry". There's a difference between keeping fuzzy notions to oneself as a teen and declaring something.

This is why I conclude that such announcements are this generation's attempt at getting a rise out of their elders. In my day, teens riled up their parents by wearing grungy clothes and smoking. They had no particular opinions on marriage and kids. I didn't voice my opinion out loud either - I just knew it was one of the goals in my life.

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