Would you consider remaining childless for economic reasons? I'm curious because this morning someone I know was talking to be about the relative economic and political powers of demographics without children or for whom children are an irrelevence.
^ That number is way under estimated.. unless you're living extremely meagerly and never buy the kid anything outside essentials for most of its life.. And it never has to go to the doctors.. or breaks anything.. or goes to stellar schools.. or pre-schools.. and someone sprung the bill for its delivery..
But with that said.. People find a way to make things happen all of the time. Would you feel your child would be less satisfied with you as a parent unless you made enough money to shower it in what it wants and needs? We lived a very poor life growing up, but.. I still highly enjoyed my childhood. Surely economics isn't all that holds you back?
^ That number is way under estimated.. unless you're living extremely meagerly and never buy the kid anything outside essentials for most of its life.. And it never has to go to the doctors.. or breaks anything.. or goes to stellar schools.. or pre-schools.. and someone sprung the bill for its delivery..
But with that said.. People find a way to make things happen all of the time. Would you feel your child would be less satisfied with you as a parent unless you made enough money to shower it in what it wants and needs? We lived a very poor life growing up, but.. I still highly enjoyed my childhood. Surely economics isn't all that holds you back?
Falcarius would consider being childless for a whole bunch of reasons but economic reasons are not one.
^ That number is way under estimated.. unless you're living extremely meagerly and never buy the kid anything outside essentials for most of its life.. And it never has to go to the doctors.. or breaks anything.. or goes to stellar schools.. or pre-schools.. and someone sprung the bill for its delivery..
But with that said.. People find a way to make things happen all of the time. Would you feel your child would be less satisfied with you as a parent unless you made enough money to shower it in what it wants and needs? We lived a very poor life growing up, but.. I still highly enjoyed my childhood. Surely economics isn't all that holds you back?
Absolutely. If I knew I didn't have enough money to afford children I wouldn't have them in the first place. I wouldn't want to expose my children to less than desirable living conditions. It also wouldn't be fair to my husband and I wouldn't want to suffer either.
I read somewhere that its around 1 million dollars. I think that's from birth until adulthood.
Absolutely. If I knew I didn't have enough money to afford children I wouldn't have them in the first place. I wouldn't want to expose my children to less than desirable living conditions. It also wouldn't be fair to my husband and I wouldn't want to suffer either.
Curiosity, what do you consider less than desirable?
Not being able to provide a comfortable means of living. By comfortable I mean having a roof under ones head, enough food and clothing, basic utilities, and not having constant anxiety about making these ends meet.