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In reply to the discussion: No Kids - No Debt - No Regret [View all]Kennah
(14,234 posts)177. Autism isn't exactly an anxiety disorder
Mercury poisoning is believed to be one of the contributors. Cancer rates spiked ever since we started playing with petrochemicals. In effect, we as a civilization are poisoning ourselves and creating more kids on the autism spectrum and more people with cancer.
I'm ADHD, but I was never medicated nor treated. Instead I was told to "Focus, and work harder." Wife exhibits some SPD traits, but also never medicated nor treated. She was tossed in Special Ed for a couple of years, back when Special Ed was a warehouse for delinquents.
No surprise all 3 of our kids show varying degrees of SPD and/or Asperger. We don't medicate them, but we're fortunate the Olympia School District is pretty well in touch with kids who are quirky or different.
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i am glad you are happy with your choices. i feel so blessed to have experienced life with my two
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#3
4 children, 3 grands, plenty of debt, retired, no regrets. To love and be loved...a gift. nt
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#71
I feel loved by my husband. DNW children (or pets. Not the caretaker type.).
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#169
we have two kids and I had no idea it would cost this much to raise two kids
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#4
The sad thing is that middle class people should not have to make the choice between having
spooky3
Dec 2012
#24
If that is true, a failure to provide adequate pay and benefits for deserving work should not be
spooky3
Dec 2012
#134
I wonder where the autistic and mentally disabled children were when I was growing up in the 1940s a
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#58
Exactly, it's another medicare scam for doctors preying on hysterical young mothers.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#100
Simply not true. It's a real condition, and it is exploding in frequency. It's cruel to suggest
Squinch
Dec 2012
#152
Unlike the Great Depression, our money, over the past 30 years, has been removed from our country
DhhD
Dec 2012
#99
That is b/c we have let special interests go unchecked! We no longer have representative democracy!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#104
my husband grew up in a household where there was alcoholism and abuse
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#15
Not only does Japan refuse immigrants, it tries to send back the ones who are already there.
athena
Dec 2012
#164
Children regularly pay others to care for their elderly parents - why is it okay for
DeschutesRiver
Dec 2012
#90
Has been nothing to "understand", until this post and the last paragraph explained your real issue
DeschutesRiver
Dec 2012
#167
Are you serious? I have children and in no way would I ever expect them to care for me.
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#124
Yes, yes, we know and they are also going to have to "Pay our God damn Social Security!"
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#142
That did nothing? Like pay taxes to build the schools they learned in, pay the first responders to
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#145
On the flip side of that, it wouldn't matter if I were in debt up to my eyeballs,
DapperDon
Dec 2012
#27
Right. And that's the type of person I am. I love both friends and family. Not judging.
nolabear
Dec 2012
#112
no kids and damn proud to maintain a SMALL CARBON FOOTPRINT because of it.
BlancheSplanchnik
Dec 2012
#46
Filed for a marriage license... there were checkboxes at the bottom of the form...
smccarter
Dec 2012
#48
It's not too late, I had a friend 48, she had twins with help and then a single 11 months later...
NotThisTime
Dec 2012
#121
Donna and I never wanted kids because neither of us wanted to risk the hell we went through.
hobbit709
Dec 2012
#91
IMO too many have kids for their own personal satisfaction and not for that of their kids! n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#103
5 Kids More Debt than I will ever pay and I would not give up any of the kids for all the debt $$$
Moostache
Dec 2012
#105
Reagan defunded organizations that helped the homeless have shelter,food,clothing & basic needs
judesedit
Dec 2012
#113
People with kids seem to have an innate need to proselytize--a telltale sign of doubt... nt
Romulox
Dec 2012
#161
Thirty five years employed, retired, 2 kids, 3 grands, regret ex-son-in-law, some debt.
mfcorey1
Jan 2013
#175