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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had that thought many times, but as I age, I realize I did the right thing having children.  Nothing worse than to age without children and grandchildren.  I watched my aunt got through this.  After her husband died, she was alone and without me, she would have had nobody.[/quote]

Really? I can think of a few things off the top of my head. Cancer, poverty, depression to name a few. [/quote]
 
Well, perhaps true, but I still think a life with no kids as an elderly person sucks.   I watched someone go through it in an assisted living setting.  I could tell she had regrets whenever she listened to others talk about their kids/grandkids.  It is an empty life in my opinion.  She didn't have kids mainly because her husband didn't want them.
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The vast majority of lonely old people have kids. The vast majority of old people in assisted living have kids. Having kids is absolutely no guarantee of not being left to fend for yourself in your old age. [/quote]

So true.  Used to work in this field and 95% of the residents had kids/family, only a small portion were childless.  Those with kids/families would talk nonstop about them, but it was what they'd seen them doing on Facebook or a story they'd heard from another relative.  Very few had family that visited.  Even those who had kids that lived close by only visited a few times a year.

It's just not the American way to care for our elderly.    [/quote]

What is the American way of caring for the elderly?[/quote]

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