Do you want/have children?

[gibbz]

Are you going to tell me that every adult is capable of raising kids? Sorry, but that's just not true- look around. Look at all the abused and neglected kids out there. Look at all the kids in foster care who can't find families. Hell, all I have to do is walk down Belmont Ave or North Ave here in Chicago to see the results of people who never should have had kids in the first place. Homeless teens are all over the place hustling on those streets. Many of them are gay kids who got kicked out of their houses. I'm sorry, but when I see s*** like this on a daily basis, how can you possibly make the argument that anybody can raise a kid? It's not true- and to say so is simply wrong.

You want my criteria? You want kids- you're responsible for them until they can support themselves. You toss your kid out of the house at a helplessly young age, you should go to prison for life. Satisfied?

Agreed 100%. There are a ton of parents who fail to put their children above themselves. My girlfriend worked at a youth daycare on an Force base while in college and she had countless examples of child abuse or neglectful parents. It is a shame that these people are procreating.

 

[MrSmith]

You want my criteria? You want kids- you're responsible for them until they can support themselves. You toss your kid out of the house at a helplessly young age, you should go to prison for life. Satisfied?

I would be the last to disagree with you, with my family history - but talking about who should and shouldn't be a parent is retrospective. There are plenty of bad parents out there, but you don't know who they are until they have children. And you can't stop them doing that.

 

[redwarrior]

Some people may think I'm a nut, but in certain cases I am in favor of court ordered contraception.