In a discussion over what a person would do, I think that a person's opinion can be quite valid, regardless of having had children.
As I've told people before, and this is not directed at anyone here so please don't take it that way, but
people with kids are not special.
Just because you have kids, does not make you special or better than me.
People with kids may have opinions and methods that have been honed over years and tweaked by the experience of raising a child, but
that DOES NOT make them correct- and it DOES NOT make
my opinions or methods invalid, simply because I don't have any.
Ask yourself when the last time you heard a horrible news story of an
abusive parent, a neglectful parent, an alcoholic parent, or
MURDEROUS ,
MURDEROUS parents.
I heard TWO on the radio this afternoon. I can roll through the boards and grab at least 1 article for every day that involves parents beating, killing, abusing, violating, and generally fuckign up their kids.
All anyone needs to have a kid is a penis, a vagina, and 9 months' worth of patience. Note that "a brain" was not in that list.
Some of you may be great parents, and I applaud those of you who are- but there is no reason to assume that being a parent makes you any smarter or more well-informed than me.
That's like saying men can't be gynecologists, because they don't have a vagina. Please.
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Originally posted by wrkime
Spoken truly like someone that has no children. Maybe someday you'll understand. Interesting opinions though.
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While I appreciate the way you approached it, I fail to see how "spoken truly like someone that has no children" is particularly relevant here. As a general rule, this type of brush-off tactic that I often see pisses me off (as I'm sure you can all tell above). People tell me I "can't possibly have any idea", and "when you're a parent, you won't think the same way", etc., and that's simply not so.