That was stretching it a bit mean. Why not just chalk it up to immaturity? People have kids later and later these days—you simply don’t know what to expect when you’re expecting
Hairy Polemic - 02:02pm on 02/18/2008
I actually don’t think it’s a stretch at all. Heck, even here in ND I talk with young women all the time who say they want to get pregnant and have kids. Not so much because they want to raise them, but because they want all the things and attention that go with it.
I feel that’s an extension of our abortion culture. We’re becoming a society that views children as disposable. Soon we’ll be aborting children because they might have birth defects like they do in Europe.
Rob - 03:02pm on 02/18/2008
I understand what you’re saying, but that was not exactly the point of the article. The article was about how children are parents are needing to change the decor of the house for their kids, not that the kids themselves are decor.
The whole article reeked of annoying opulence, though. Poor rich people having to change around their rooms because their kids will ruin their expensive decor. I’m crying for them...really.
Paul - 03:02pm on 02/18/2008
Paul, I guess I thought even the decor aspect plays into my point. I mean, who thinks children are going to be like trained pets who won’t piddle on the floor and jump on the furniture?
Rob - 03:02pm on 02/18/2008
That you think this behavior is an outgrowth of our “abortion culture” is an interesting theory. But to play devil’s advocate:
No one thought twice about abortions in the former USSR—I am in fact, as I was told, the wanted outcome after three unwanted and aborted pregnancies.
1. I was never treated as house decor.
2. I imagine that I would be a janitor somewhere in Siberia (or maybe in prison) if my mother had me before she started her career. So I’m rather thankful for my unborn siblings’ premature demise.
I can just as easily connect what you term an outgrowth of our abortion culture as an outgrowth of our capitalist culture where life < money. But as a supporter of capitalism, I will not go down that particular route of hypocrisy. Instead, I’ll chalk it all up the baby boomer generation’s poor parenting abilities (and lack of class).
Hairy Polemic - 07:02pm on 02/18/2008
Google “Gayby boom” and read all about how children are mere “lifestyle choices”. Sickening, and not a stretch at all.
That was stretching it a bit mean. Why not just chalk it up to immaturity? People have kids later and later these days—you simply don’t know what to expect when you’re expecting
I actually don’t think it’s a stretch at all. Heck, even here in ND I talk with young women all the time who say they want to get pregnant and have kids. Not so much because they want to raise them, but because they want all the things and attention that go with it.
I feel that’s an extension of our abortion culture. We’re becoming a society that views children as disposable. Soon we’ll be aborting children because they might have birth defects like they do in Europe.
I understand what you’re saying, but that was not exactly the point of the article. The article was about how children are parents are needing to change the decor of the house for their kids, not that the kids themselves are decor.
The whole article reeked of annoying opulence, though. Poor rich people having to change around their rooms because their kids will ruin their expensive decor. I’m crying for them...really.
Paul, I guess I thought even the decor aspect plays into my point. I mean, who thinks children are going to be like trained pets who won’t piddle on the floor and jump on the furniture?
That you think this behavior is an outgrowth of our “abortion culture” is an interesting theory. But to play devil’s advocate:
No one thought twice about abortions in the former USSR—I am in fact, as I was told, the wanted outcome after three unwanted and aborted pregnancies.
1. I was never treated as house decor.
2. I imagine that I would be a janitor somewhere in Siberia (or maybe in prison) if my mother had me before she started her career. So I’m rather thankful for my unborn siblings’ premature demise.
I can just as easily connect what you term an outgrowth of our abortion culture as an outgrowth of our capitalist culture where life < money. But as a supporter of capitalism, I will not go down that particular route of hypocrisy. Instead, I’ll chalk it all up the baby boomer generation’s poor parenting abilities (and lack of class).
Google “Gayby boom” and read all about how children are mere “lifestyle choices”. Sickening, and not a stretch at all.