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Everyone's life is completely different, and their choices are their own. It seems you made the right choice for yourself, and I hope your kids agree. I will s
by bgroat 2y ago
Everyone's life is completely different, and their choices are their own. It seems you made the right choice for yourself, and I hope your kids agree.
I will say though, I think there's a chicken and egg element in this line of thinking.
A part of my thinks that being childless in twenties provides space that facilitates being a basket-case.
I think that having a child immediately makes most people at least 50% more responsible, and 85%+ within a year.
Again, there's a huge range here for people who:
- Never get better
- Their 85%+ still isn't really responsible enough.
Unsolicited 2 cents from a guy who had a kid in his twenties
- Piskvorrr 2y agoTo borrow terms from RFC 2119, "having a child makes people more responsible" is a SHOULD, but statistically, turns out to be a MAY. (#survivorBias: people are likely to acknowledge this, if they did turn out to actually be more responsible - "turned out GREAT for ME", emphasis added. The other case, not so much.) However, I feel like the age of a parent is a factor, sure - but it's not an overwhelming factor...