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Ed Barrow (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:20 PM Original message |
More American women not having children: report |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. and they are tired |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You have to think twice to have kids at this time in History |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Seriously this is the best time in human history to raise kids... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Ironically, the 70s were another nadir of American fertility |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. That is it really. Who wants their child to face global environmental meltdown. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Or to be fed into the maw of the war machine. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unfortunately those not having children are I suspect the more educated women |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well. That was offensive. (nt) |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. For real. I didn't realize education was genetic? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. To each his/her own. To me this is offensive |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You might find the actions of that family offensive. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Amazing, ain't it, that you can read all that into a no text post |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. If there was any oblique references that you didn't like |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I have found that poorer do tend to want to have more children because |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Or didn't have time to get into a relationship resulting in marriage. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 04:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Gone through a lot of retirees? Really? Please provide details. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Yeah no Eugenic arguements around here nothing to see.... |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Well, actually intelligent children are NOT limited to intelligent mothers. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Aptitude in some cases seems to resemble a Gaussian distribution, sure |
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IrishEyes (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm one of those women |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. I thank you and the planet thanks you. Too bad it won't make any difference. nt |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Most days I question why I even bother doing "green" things |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not to mention women postponing childbearing until later, infertility |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Was adoption too expensive? NT |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I froze mine at 35 and thawed them at 45. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's 'cause the future's so bright, we gotta wear shades |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. America considers children a woman's punishment for sex. |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm one of them. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Children are expensive these days. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. The minuses of having a kid seem to outweigh the pluses. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. If I'd had them when I was younger, I think I would have been an ill-prepared, impatient parent. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. Does someone have a chart of how much it costs to raise a child in different countries? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. Some women don't want to do it until they find the right man to do it with |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. And some, informing themselves from others' experiences |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. People are making their own choices |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. Some of us just have no maternal instinct whatsoever and feel |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. And as usual, no one's wringing their hands over men not having children |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. A-fucking-men n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. Supply and demand, there is a people glut right now. nt |
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