Originally by: Akita T

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Edited by: Akita T on 25/05/2011 17:22:13

Originally by: Bek Thyron

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I am almost 30 *sigh* and i still hate kids with passion.
And dont even start the bull**** about "how great it is to be a father/mother". I saw enough of so-called "happy parents", which are not more but lifeless zombies.
"Omg cathy said her first word!" - "Uh, yeah, whatever, you like going angling this weekend?" - "No, i have to watch my babies."
And so on, and so on. I am raging right now as i typing this, my happy-gland must be broken or something.
TLDR: I hate kids, and so should you. Kids are the bane of free will and freedom and wealth. Kill them before they are born (aka WEAR DAMN CONDOMS)

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Well, you are correct about a FEW things here, but your rage is slightly misguided.
Kids in themselves are not THAT bad.
It's the education (or lack thereof, or too much of the wrong kind) they receive that turns them into little monsters.
So, if you blame anybody, blame the parents almost exclusively.

Once upon a time, people dropped kids like crazy from as early as possible and spent far less time catering to the little buggers' every whim, simply because they could not afford to coddle them. Nowadays, however, not only do people tend to have children a bit later on in life (probably not quite the case here), but have a whole lot more time and/or disposable income to dedicate to each of them (if they even have more than one at a time).
The more attention they give to the kid and the more they do whatever the hell the bloody kid wants, the more audacious and less obedient the kids grow up to be, and the more the parent feels like he has to dedicate to the kid (and yes, I am talking even of newborn babies here, not just kindergarten-age kids).


It's obvious that when you have a kid, your priorities will shift.
You WILL have less free time, and you WILL put more importance on activities with your kid.

Then again, the same thing can be said for people that get into a relationship or even married and the extra time they now spend with their "significant other" as opposed to their old friends.
Or, for that matter, stuff like picking up a MMO and obsessively playing it at the detriment of the rest of your life (friends, family or even career, not to mention personal hygiene and other unspeakables).

It's all a matter of balance, of NOT giving away every last bit of possible free time and available energy to a single cause (be it a kid, your career, a person you're attracted to, a game you like or any other escapist hobby).
Some people can handle it, much larger numbers of people can't.

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