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Tone
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: Do you still want to have children? |
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The world has changed a lot. We have passed baby boomer age for a long time. Now, people have a serious and competitive life and it seems like more and more couple prefer not to have kid anymore.
For me, I also don't want to have kid because we are facing global warming, oil crisis, natural disaster. My boy/ girl would be so suffer to born in this crucial era.
What do you think? Maybe somone has a different point of view.
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Anuradha Chepur
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Kids are fun.
But the problem is, they grow up, and then they are not so much fun.
I prefer my siblings have kids, rather than me.
Then I can play with them for some time and return them to their parents,
rather than having to look after them. |
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ad-miral
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Making kids is fun, having kids is not fun. That's a paradoxa, and that's why we always have children although we didn't want them, I guess. (I don't have children)
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RedRose
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Location: GuangZhou, China
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: |
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It's not until I got my daughter that I knew I would love kids.
I used to think that kids were all troublemakers, they dilute our colorful lives, they made our lives difficult. But I was totally wrong. Yeah, sometimes they put us into trouble, maybe bad mood as well. but most of the time, they are angels.
My daughter used to make my house a complete mess, she threw her toys and dolls everywhere, which drave me crazy;and one time, she unexpectedly invited 5 friends of hers to my house for dinner when I was working hard on my students' test papars.
However, when she is in school, and I am home alone, I would sorely miss her for her jokes, her funny puns, and her mischeiveous tricks, and of course, her warmhearted words. I couldn't imagine how I am gonna live without her company.
In my opinion, Kids are really fun, but if you don't want kids because of the heavy responsibility and commitment, you won't have the chance to appreciate the unlimited happiness that kids may bring to you.
Still, it's just a choice whether you raise a kid or not. But for me, kids are worth your time and love. |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: Do you still want to have children? |
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| Tone wrote: |
| For me, I also don't want to have kid because we are facing global warming, oil crisis, natural disaster. My boy/ girl would be so suffer to born in this crucial era. |
There have always been wars and rumors of wars, but life goes on and the overall quality of life continues to improve. Quit watching the TV news for a while. It's all bad news that mostly doesn't affect you or is all overblown scare-mongering. The future is bright and full of wonderful possibilities.
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I used to think that kids were all troublemakers, they dilute our colorful lives, they made our lives difficult. But I was totally wrong.
My daughter used to make my house a complete mess, she threw her toys and dolls everywhere, |
Oh, but they ARE little troublemakers!  But that is what makes them so interesting. (You have seen my Facebook photo with my daughter?)
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But our kids? I�ll take the bullet in a heartbeat. And I wish my children would appreciate this as they chuck their scrambled eggs at the ceiling.
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RedRose
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| Bob wrote: |
| Oh, but they ARE little troublemakers! But that is what makes them so interesting. (You have seen my Facebook photo with my daughter?) |
I did. Your daughter looks like a 100% Asian girl. I think she gets more genes of appearance from her mother than from you.  and I guess she gets your personality, Bob.
BTW, you are a loving and funny daddy, I can tell that from these pics. |
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smiling_thought
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Making a child is a beautiful thing. If you are ready for the commitment, more power to you. A child is a life time commitment. Global warming is not a factor to me to not have a kid. If it happens, it's going to happen regardless. Our actions come with consequences...we all know that. JMO.
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| RedRose wrote: |
| Your daughter looks like a 100% Asian girl. I think she gets more genes of appearance from her mother than from you. and I guess she gets your personality, Bob. |
True, at first glance, it looks like I am her step-dad. People jokingly ask "Who's the father?"  But when you see her up close, you can see what comes from me. She is very big for her age. Though she is only 1 yr 10 months, she is the size of a 3 or 4 year-old Asian child. And, when the light is good and shines on her hair in just the right way, you can see she has auburn hi lights in her hair that comes from my dad's side of the family. He is happy about that.
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| BTW, you are a loving and funny daddy, I can tell that from these pics. |
It's all part of the plan to mess with her mind. Sometimes I'm the big playful teddy bear dad, sometimes I am the big mean stern dad who tells her NO! you cannot eat the dog's food.
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| RedRose wrote: |
| Bob wrote: |
| Oh, but they ARE little troublemakers! But that is what makes them so interesting. (You have seen my Facebook photo with my daughter?) |
I did. Your daughter looks like a 100% Asian girl. I think she gets more genes of appearance from her mother than from you. and I guess she gets your personality, Bob.
BTW, you are a loving and funny daddy, I can tell that from these pics. |
Where is this photo???? |
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noka
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