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ngdawg · 06-26-2006, 07:14 PM

Mondak (slight threadjack here, but kind of applies to the decision-making process): When my kids were toddlers, I worked part time nights, 6pm to about midnight or so. That way, a parent was with them all the time, it brought in some extra money and got me out of the house. I wouldn't recommend it right off since babies are unpredictable-you think they're sleeping all night and then they decide not to, etc. Everything is a life adjustment when kids come into the picture, for sure.

Art: I agree, there IS no 'good' reason to have a child, but there's no good reason for many of the desires we seem to have except the feeling we get when we succeed in getting them-a very selfish reason, to be sure. But aren't they all....
The only reason to go ahead is their desire to do so. I think weighing the pros and cons makes that desire appear fickle or very real as they go through them, depending on their reactions to those pros and cons.

06-26-2006, 07:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Mondak (slight threadjack here, but kind of applies to the decision-making process): When my kids were toddlers, I worked part time nights, 6pm to about midnight or so. That way, a parent was with them all the time, it brought in some extra money and got me out of the house. I wouldn't recommend it right off since babies are unpredictable-you think they're sleeping all night and then they decide not to, etc. Everything is a life adjustment when kids come into the picture, for sure. Art: I agree, there IS no 'good' reason to have a child, but there's no good reason for many of the desires we seem to have except the feeling we get when we succeed in getting them-a very selfish reason, to be sure. But aren't they all.... The only reason to go ahead is their desire to do so. I think weighing the pros and cons makes that desire appear fickle or very real as they go through them, depending on their reactions to those pros and cons. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.