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Children

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Krake

Flabebe's Kids
I'm making a new thread because Profesco closed the other one and there is much that can be discussed from this topic.

Children are very important to society. Not only do they carry on the legacy of the family before them, but how they turn out as adults are purely based on how they grew up in society and how their significant others (such as family members and friends) treat them.

What is your opinion of children? Do you plan on having children (if you don't already have any)? What are your opinions concerning problems that affect children, such as childhood obesity and adultism? Etc.

I enjoy children, but I don't intend on having any soon. I love playing with kids, but they can be a handful sometimes. I believe that we should also raise children to their potential and prevent them from falling victim to things that could ruin their lives (such as type II diabetes) or give them hateful biases (like racism).

Have fun!
 
I don't plan on having children until I'm atleast 30, I have a couple friends with kids and couldn't imagine it.

The only reason to have a child is to spread your seed and keep your genes going, that's what I'll do and hope for the best when he/she pops out!

I will probably teach him/her proper life values with pokemon games :D
 
I love children. I can't wait until I have my own. I have always wanted children. In fact my dream job is working with little kids. I don't want my kids to be spoiled like a lots of kids are now days. I have seen what that can do. I say it with my cousins who get away with a lot more then I did.
 
Children could be nice to have someday, but I'm still not 100% sure if I want any or not.

I love my nephews an nieces with all of my heart and always enjoy it when I'm with them, but there are the times that they get annoying; but there are a lot more times when I have a lot of love and pride for them.

So not sure if I want them or not, but if I ever plan to have them it will only be if I have the the money to support them.

L.F.D.
 
I am having ten children and naming them after the Mohs hardness scale:

Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Fluorite, Apatite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Topaz, Sapphire, Diamond.

They will be well-liked by their peers.
 
Good work, Krake! ^_^




I do plan on being a father one day. I don't have any set plans, or requirements, or a timeframe or anything. Kids cost time and money, and I'm not even going to consider them until I'm set up comfortably with a home and job and wife and life insurance and stuff. But I do have that expectation, of, at some point before I die, fathering some children.

Part of it is I like caring for people who depend on me. It's nice to be needed, you know? Part of it is I like kids and youth and education altogether. Being a kid and learning new things was amazingly fun, so I'd love to be able to raise kids of my own with the same imagination, wonder, and love for the world that I had.

And part of it is that I want to give all the idiots in this wonderful world a metaphorical finger, and tell them, "There! THAT'S how you create an intelligent, polite, well-adjusted, useful person who makes a positive addition to the universe!" The world is full of jerks. We must hope they all die off, and in the meantime, raise a few new generations of good human beings to replace them.




kochoupink said:
Apatite
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This one sounds hungry. Mind your grocery bill!
 
It really just depends on circumstances.
If kids are nice, polite, and know how to act in the correct settings, I love them.
However, if they're little demon spawns, act horribly, and their parents just don't give a crap, I can't stand them and hate to see what they will become.

As for having children...I honestly don't know. The idea of spreading my genes around makes me shudder, but eh. It just depends, again, on circumstance. If I ever happen to get married (knock on wood), and he happens to want kids, it'll be up to happenstance/where we are financially, housing, etc.
 
I'm undecided as to whether or not I want to be a parent someday. I'm not at a point in my life where it's an important question. In fact, it's like asking me if I plan to get married, the only real answer for me is "when and if I find somebody I can make it work with", and whenever I feel like I'm ready.

I do need to let it out (to nobody in particular), however, that I think that people who want or have children are in no place whatsoever to tell people who don't have and don't want children things like "you'll change your mind someday", "you're not old enough to know what you want" (added comedy: when the speaker has had children at a younger age than how old the childfree person is), "you should have grown out of this by now", "just get sterilized if you don't want kids" (especially when the speaker has no idea how rare it is to find a doctor who will perform said procedures on adult women who are not already parents), "children are the purpose of sex" (shows a poor understanding of sociology and biology), and things of that ilk. Being (or wanting to be) a parent does not make you an expert on the psyches of other people.

This goes two ways, though: Sometimes people wind up pregnant unexpectedly and have children before they're ready, and they may or may not adjust accordingly to properly care for their kid, but some childfree people and people who have no children but plan to in the future need to learn when to butt out of other people's business and stop forcing their not-asked-for opinions on parents as to whether or not the parent is old enough to have a kid, how the parent should be raising their kid, whether or not they think the parent should have had an abortion, etc etc.

That said, my opinions are a product of having basic respect for everyone's ability to decide what they want, and understanding that my experiences and my goals are not the default.
 
As before, I cannot wait to be a mom.

It's one of the few things I'm actually looking forward to. I'll teach them all kinds of cool stuff, goof around, and play videogames with them. I can totally see myself wheeling in there and saying to my kids "I found a dead animal! Let's go poke it with a stick, kids!"

I mean, there'll be hard times, but it is something I truly want. Five kids--four born to me, one adopted.
 
Children are very important to society as you said Krake but they are also a parent's legacy. It is very important to raise them as best as a parent can from Birth to Adulthood.

I don't think there is one general right way to raise Children but I think we all can agree that it is important not to abuse them physically and/or emotionally, spoil them, and teach them discipline when needed.

Taking care of Children takes a lot of effort especially in the Toddler stage but it is worth it IMO as you teach them the basic way of living and feel proud each time the child succeeds or help them when they suffer a setback.

BTW Profesco I completely agree with 99% of your post. :) (The remaining 1% is just the side of me that refuses to agree to anything 100%) ;)

Here is a topic I'm rather interested in reading the answers. How many children would like to have in your lifetime? (Give a minimum or maximum or an exact number of children you would like to have)

I would like to have 3 children maximum and at least 1 child minimum. 2 is the sweet spot for me, with 1 son and 1 daughter as an ideal pair although I would not mind having 2 boys or girls. My future wife has to agree of course lolz.
 
Darato said:
I love my nephews an nieces with all of my heart and always enjoy it when I'm with them
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lol i bet you do

Please SPPers, for the love of God, don't bring any more Aspies into the world. :(
 
Kids are awesome, I do plan on having some in the future. Hopefully I have my career, a house, car and all other essentials set up before me and my future wife (who ever she may be). I would raise them to be like what Profesco said a fully-functional, contributing, smart, well-adjusted, kind human being.

I would want 3 children, 3 boys, 3 girls, no particular set up. Knowing my family tree I'd have all boys, but knowing my luck I would be the only one in my family to have the only girl(s?) But of course it my very significant other to help make the decision, because she will have to he/she for 9 months and birth them. Or we could adopt, either way I'd still love them.

But there are some people who imo do not have the right to procreate, like some "guys" in real life (if they count as guys/men). Instead they need multiple swift kicks to their pelvic regions.
 
I'm still undecided on whether I'll have children or not. Kids can be cool, but I have 0 patience for bratty children. I'm still very young, so this isn't a decision that matters to me at this point and time either. One of the main determining factors is similar to what others have said; The idea of bringing a child into this world won't even be a serious thought or plan of action in my mind until I'm sure I'm in as stable of a relationship as I'm going to get and we have enough funds to know that we'll be able to support him/her.
 
I'll have 3 children. I'll call them Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle when they're kids, when they're adolescents they shall be called Ivysaur, Charmeleon and Wartortle and when they are adults, they will be Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.
 
^lol'd

Other people's kids annoy the feck out of me. I also get annoyed when two mothers that know each other, each with a kid and a pram with another kid in it stop and start chatting for ages in the middle of a shopping isle. They seem to have no consideration for the other people in the shop and guess what? If you ask them to move they go nuclear on you with their "DO YOU HAVE KIDS? NO? THEN DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO". <_< No excuse for talking to yer pal for ages FFS. You're hardly finding that difficult. These women use the fact they have kids as an excuse for anything. Not all mothers are like this and i understand that you cannot leave a baby at home... just if you see your pal... go for a coffee or something.

I guess it's more the mothers than the children. Poor children. I remember going shopping with my mum and she'd stop and gab for what felt like three years.

I never want children. The planet is overpopulated with humans I do not want to give it any more. The best I can do is teach my niece and nephew the value of the planet and hope that they grow to appreciate it and protect it best they can.

Speaking of nieces and nephews. I was TERRIBLE with them as babies, my nephew isn't even two yet and my niece is 6. I just can't connect in the slightest when they're very young. I'm better now but my god. Never give me my own kids. They'd not last long in my care.

Don't get me wrong, i love them lots. I just can't bring myself to do the whole weird noises thing adults do around babies or any of that stuff. It does not come naturally to me at all. Also i go rock solid when i'm given a baby to hold. It gets uncomfortable after a while :P Too scared of dropping them.

I guess for me it's a mix of values concerning population issues, not wanting to be one of THOSE mothers in the shopping places and the fact I am useless with kids as it is!
 
I don't plan on having any kids, due to the whole baby/toddle part of growing. I'm way too easily annoyed, and having any sort of small child doing the things they normally do will just annoy me way too much. So, I think it's just safer for me to not have kids.

In retrospect..if I were to have a kid, accidentally more than likely, then I'd try to be the best father I could be.
 
facetious said:
Please SPPers, for the love of God, don't bring any more Aspies into the world. :(
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WELL TOO BAD, WE CAN'T HELP IT.

I love kids, they're so innocent and adorable. I was actually surprised I was called to be a Primary teacher at church. (My parents are Primary teachers themselves, but it has nothing to do with that.) As rowdy and hyperactive as the seven-eight-year-olds are, I'm loving them to death. It makes me want kids even more.

How many children would like to have in your lifetime? (Give a minimum or maximum or an exact number of children you would like to have)

I was taught that we shouldn't really have a given amount as to how many children we should have, that it just depends on how much the wife's body can take. I'd like to have six (given that I'm the first of six children, though Mom and Dad would have liked more if it wasn't for Mom's heart problems), but I'll be happy with how many the Lord gives me.

I hope to have a lot of daughters to make up for the lack of sisters. I know my Hannah is up there somewhere, and I want her soooo bad...
 
I really, really, REALLY don't want children. I just can't stand them. My boyfriend of 2 years wants at least one, however. It's difficult. I know I would probably change my opinion on them if it was my flesh and blood, but unlike most people when I see a baby, I cringe. I do prefer boys over girls, though. They just seem so much easier and less needy.. If I do decide to have kids, I'd like to start at 25.. so they're out of the house sooner. Yea, I'm a terrible person. :|
 
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