“Parents that awful don’t deserve to have children, poor kids…”

“Kids are awful, this is why I’m never having children, I want to enjoy the rest of my life stress free…”

  • Zer0_7092@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Two opinions can be held simultaneously.

    Disliking bad parenting is valid because children don’t have the agency to affect or remedy it themselves, while not wanting or liking children as an adult is just a personnel & subjective opinion.

    • elephantium@lemmy.world
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      It can change, too.

      When I was just out of college, I wanted kids “someday” (but was afraid of parenting badly).

      Same when I met my wife, but she felt conflicted.

      Fast forward a couple of years, she definitely doesn’t want to have kids.

      I’m at peace with this path. I’d rather stay with my wife and have no kids than get divorced and try to find someone else who does want kids. My wife is amazing.