1 Vote
Reasons for having children?
| love the process more than the product | |
| can't seem to stop it - whiskey and wild women are often involved | |
| to pass on my great genes | |
| to pass on my wisdom | |
| babies are cute | |
| human survival instinct | |
| spouse insists | |
| my religion encourages it | |
| to look after me in my old age | |
| buggered if I know |
It's fulfilling by Brandon
That’s my reason.
Eh by Jackson
I hate babies, but I like kids. Besides, kids are the only socially acceptable way for a 30 year-old to continue buying Legos.
It works for me by Occams
I am in all categories to varying degrees, but most of me is in the bottom one. I don’t know why I did it back then: probably pressure from society mostly. It was a major strain at times, but after three kids and two grandchildren, I am very glad that I did.
I'm sort of with Occams by ldsudduth
Although, when I had kids faith wasn’t a part of my life at all. Not sure why I did..(and I like kids of all ages); but I’m glad that I did.
A more trusting person than your own spouse? by EyeOfSage
I think somewhere along the line of our emotional development, as a human race, we associated our children as an important part of the family. Unlike certain other species who kicks out or leaves their young, we keep them close….relatively close…at least within a phone call away. So let’s back track a bit. You start as a child yourself and grows attached to one, rarely both parents[guardian]. They are the person[s] you trust the most. Now you grow into an adult and meet the love of your life. And suddenly you are closer to your spouse than your former trusted parent[s]. Maybe that’s the reason why in-laws and spouse don’t get along. :D
Anyway, now that you trust your spouse the most, you go through tough times together, and you raise a child. This child becomes an obsession almost. You put so much time and effort and care into the child that you are making another you, essentially. You mold the child’s behavior and ideology and most of the times the child will have 50% of you. Now suddenly you again abandoned your spouse as the trusted individual and replace the spouse for your child. This is the bonding between one parent and the child. That’s why they say: “He has the face that only a mother can love” Of course the matter becomes further complicated as your child grows and do that same thing you did.
So I don’t know if any of these options apply in my opinion because I think we are all constantly looking for the person we trust the most and that person is changing and changing. But at least at one stage of life, we want a “mini-me” that we can trust more than our spouse.