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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are wonderful people in both groups, but just in my own experience, people without children don't fully understand how fundamentally central parenting is to the identity of people with children.   I mean I think they understand it intellectually, in the abstract sense, but not fully.   I know I didn't when I didn't have children! [/quote]

I think this is narrow-minded.  A caring, kind person with empathy will relate to what their partner is going through.

For eg A co-worker was just telling me that she can't wait for the step kids to be out of the house, she would hate her life if they came to live with her full time and it's much less enjoyable when they are in the house.  She has three kids of her own but can't stand her new husband's children.  In saying that I'm sure she understands how central parenting is to him, she just doesn't seem to care.  Maturity doesn't automatically come with parenting regardless of what society tries to tell you.

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