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Re:Impact of breast milk on IQ, brain size and white matter ... by Broken_Hippo on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:42PM (#15144208)
Well, because there aren't always options for folks to avoid pregnancy nor get an abortion. I'd have been sterilized before I was 20 if it were an option to me. I've not had the unfortunate experience of being pregnant, though, and I'm 39 now. Happily childless.

And because some folks have kids first, then find out how horrible it is. The first child doesn't always seem horrible, so they have another.

And because even happy parents find a lot of the work involved absolutely horrible. I'm not sure if anyone gets joy out of waking in the middle of the night to feed the baby, change an overflowing diaper of shit, and/or deal with spit up and so on. Older children keep doing pretty disgusting things for years to come.

Even jobs taking care of folks are considered low-rung, crappy jobs with horrible pay.

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Re:Impact of breast milk on IQ, brain size and white matter ... by jriot on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:53PM (#15144286)
Happily childless.

Parenting thoughts from a non-parent - pass.

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Re:Impact of breast milk on IQ, brain size and white matter ... by Broken_Hippo on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:58PM (#15144308)
Just because I'm childless doesn't mean I'm not aware of what others go through, nor does it mean that I've not taken care of children or infants. 'Tis part of the reason I'm childless.

Edit: Besides, me being childless is exactly why I'm qualified to answer part of this question. I understood that, for most of my life, I had to hope that the birth control methods available to me didn't fail (basically condoms, since I can't tolerate hormonal birth control and couldn't afford to be sterilized, if I could even find a doctor).

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Re:Impact of breast milk on IQ, brain size and white matter ... by jriot on Thursday August 31, 2017 @06:09PM (#15144382)
Seeing what other go through and taking care of others children is not the same as raising and caring for your own children. Regardless of how much you want to disagree with me, an individual's opinion without children holds little weight.

Its equivalent to taking relationship advice from the neckbeard down in his mother's basement.

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