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In reply to the discussion: what do childfree/childless people get instead of "parental leave?" [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)You certainly don't have to have one. Will you die if you don't have a child? No. What if someone thinks they will be a godawful parent? Those people can make a choice not to have a child. I have made the choice not to have a child. I certainly could have had one (prior to making that choice a permanent one). There is another person up thread who stated that she also did not want to have a child. She is making a choice. If two people love each other and want to have a child, then that is a choice. There is nothing wrong with either of those choices, but they are just that. What would you call having a child, an accident?
Now at the same time I'm not advocating what the OP is advocating for and I haven't yet responded directly to the OP (though I will after I go through the thread). That is quite separate from my response to this post.