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throwawayyyz · 2013-11-10 03:59:55+00:00

What do you think about raising kids there?

yosito | karma 8517 | avg karma 3.79 · | 2018-07-21 00:37:57+00:00

Personally don't plan on having kids. And if I did, hopefully won't be raising them in the US.

astronautjones | karma 683 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2020-07-05 01:49:08

aren't you doing that by having children anywhere?

hans1729 | karma 1583 | avg karma 4.34 · | 2022-06-25 05:04:08

If you don't want kids.

If you do, it's always a factor. Do you want your kids to grow up in a stable culture, or in a declining one? Surrounded by polarization, extremes of all kinds, instability? I consider moving to the US for a couple of years for the money, but the second that kids are on the horizon, I would book a plane ticket to Europe.

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tpreetham | karma 17 | avg karma 1.06 · | 2023-03-23 04:17:06

I doubt if that's the norm.

It's their choice, perhaps they enjoy raising children.

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ginko | karma 7270 | avg karma 3.43 · | 2023-07-18 05:17:15

If there's one thing I wouldn't want to do in the United States it would be raising a family. Seems like there is absolutely zero freedom for children there.

Retric | karma 55819 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2015-07-03 14:53:01+00:00

Or have children somewhere else.

andrewflnr | karma 11547 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2012-07-19 23:21:55

Personally, yes. Raising children is one of the most important things we do on this planet.

chrismaeda | karma 194 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2022-04-16 08:00:56

Consider having children.

jazzyjackson | karma 8586 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2019-09-14 15:57:49

Pray tell what is the community for if not to raise children?

mahyarm | karma 5813 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2016-09-05 05:39:53

Then you want kids, and you don't want them to grow up in Colombia or the Phillippines.

jamesaguilar | karma 7468 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2014-03-21 18:22:45+00:00

I plan to not, on principle, but who can say for sure until they've actually experienced raising a child?

fratlas | karma 654 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2016-10-01 20:55:31

Plan on having kids?

collyw | karma 8776 | avg karma 1.06 · | 2018-02-06 09:07:15+00:00

With the population levels at present not having kids seems like a good choice.

bloodorange | karma 546 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2014-01-26 11:30:07

Indeed. I don't even remotely fancy raising a child (or multiple). However, I understand that others find it desirable. To each his/her own.

ndh2 | karma 578 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2017-12-13 08:13:22+00:00

Your comment implies that you have started a family, and want to state that you don't regret it. That's great. What does that have to do with where you live, which is what the article is about?

facepalm | karma 1202 | avg karma 0.75 · | 2016-02-06 11:12:43

If you don't like it, don't have children. Use protection, have an abortion, give your kids up for adoption or send them to boarding school.

However, some people actually enjoy spending time with their kids...

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collyw | karma 8776 | avg karma 1.06 · | 2016-08-23 12:26:28+00:00

Having kids especially in the west is probably the least environmental friendly thing you could do.

imetatroll | karma 154 | avg karma 0.95 · | 2023-11-27 02:12:30

Western culture no longer seems to appreciate the commitment that is required to raise children. Personally I think people are too self-centered and are too eager to seek hedonism. Whether or not it will be OK long term is to be seen.

I have no doubt that if you were to ask the people without kids on their death bed if they wished they had had them, they would say yes.

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jay00 | karma 28 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2022-04-14 12:12:39

Have children