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What you should know before you have kids
- If your relationship is bad before kids, it will only get WORSE after kids
- Your house will never be clean again, until they move out
- You won't be able to use the washroom in peace until they are teens
- Having kids means you have a job, and are on call, ALL THE TIME until they move out
- You will have regrets and feel guilt all the time because no one is a perfect person and therefore no one is a perfect parent
- You will always be rushed, busy and might even have to eat your meals standing
- You will have to deal with comments from people who don't have kids, they are always the most judgemental experts at parenting
- Parenting is nothing like you think it is before you are a parent, your kids will be nothing like you think they will be
- Your kids won't do to what you SAY, they will do as you DO so make sure you quit your bad habits before you have them.
- They can be mirrors of who you are, be sure you love who you are or you might not love the reflection
- They want every second of your time, you are their hero after all
- For many, despite all the negatives, they are the most amazing, inspiring and beautiful people you will ever know
Just my take on parenting - there has been a lot here on kids lately so I wanted to add my views on parenthood. ;)
>>You will have to deal with comments from people who don't have kids, they are always the most judgemental experts at parenting
Have you ever been President? A Senator? A Congressman? No? Then you're not qualified to vote, you have no experience there. Shut your mouth about all politics forever!
This attitude could be applied to many other walks of life too, and you would lose out in just about all of them as you just now did in politics.
What's the matter, don't like having your own metrics used against you? TFB.
"You will have to deal with comments from people who don't have kids, they are always the most judgemental experts at parenting"
**. I have three kids and the worst judgment always comes from other parents. Always.
Childfree people can overdo it sometimes (maybe they're overcompensating for living in a kid-centric society), but they can't touch the snottiness of "fellow" parents. Nice attempt at a dig there, the rest of your post was spot-on before you just had to slip that in there.
Lovely confession,about the pros and cons of parenthood :)
I've chosen not to have kids.I'm now 31 and I realised from the age of 6,I didn't want children.It's weird aswell,because I have two older siblings and they don't have children.They're in long-term relationships. I have one younger brother and he doesn't have any children either.
I think its because,my father was a ** and the women he slept with,before my mother and whilst he was with my mother,had many children and there children,started procreating quite young.We're the only children my dad had for my mother,who haven't had any children and I'll be honest,I feel quite proud of that knowledge.Like I said,my dad was a **,but we aren't!! And my mother is and always has been,a honourable woman.It's a detriment to her patenting,for the reason we all accomplished much in our lives :)
This is so true...add the i wish i knew all the above before i started having kids to the list..
Yep :D
You are literally surrounded by parents at any given point in your life. You couldn't pull aside a few of them and ask what it was like before you bred? You know, get an idea of what you were CHOOSING to get yourself into?
Just goes to show you can breed, or you can think. Obviously people can't do both.
Well said
Thank you :)
One little question for the poster...
Do you have a special needs child(-ren)?
No, spirited, willful and HIGHLY creative/imaginative though.
Ah. So, in other words, undisciplined BRATS. Who are as sociopathic and destructive as special needs kids, plus you think you've got something to be proud of. Good job. Gooood job!
My kids have each gone ferrel at 16 and become human again at 18. My father passed away when I was 14. I wonder if there is a connection.