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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course you can be happy without kids.  Personally, I had them because I enjoy them, and because I figured the pause of my hobbies would be temporary.  It's been about 10 years since my oldest was born and we are now doing those hobbies together, and I have more time for doing things on my own as well. [b] The intense part of young children is short. [/b] I like how it gives the different decades of my life more variety, I think I would get tired of the no-kids lifestyle.

I really enjoy the community of other parents as well.  It has brought a lot of friendship into my life.  Maybe not forever-friends, but nice fun people who care.[/quote]

Not always true.  Anyone contemplating having children has to be okay with the chance that their child may require much more intensive parenting for many more years than the typical child. [/quote]

+1. Yeah not at all. My kids have no special needs or LDs (that we know of) or health issues but but they are both really intense kids still at ages 7 and 5. I’ve seen friends and family members whose kids seem to have gotten easier as they get older—age out of baby waking up in the night and toddler tantrums but my kids have decidedly NOT gotten easier w age. In fact they’ve gotten harder as they navigate school and social lives and activities.

This is largely personality dependent and I’m sure parenting would also remain very intense if your kid does have any special needs, learning disorders, or health issues (all of which are pretty common).

I love my kids. Always wanted kids and glad I have them, couldn’t imagine life without them, etc. But don’t go into parenting thinking “it’ll just be a few years of really intense babies/toddlers and then it’ll get easier.” My life was easier when my kids were babies than it is now![/quote]

Oh and having previously been a middle and high school teacher (and from remembering how I was as a teenager), have no doubt parenting tweens, teens, young adults through the middle school-college years will be the hardest part yet![/quote]

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