"they won't be babies, toddlers, pre-teens or teens forever." you say
Do to you honestly think that you're done dealing with them after their teenage years?
Or that you don't have to watch over them and rescue them when they get older?
Even when they're legally adults, they're still children. They still make stupid mistakes and decisions and who ends up having to save them every time? You do
When they go to some stupid party after leaving home to stay in the dorms and get taken down to the police station, who's expected to give up their hard earned cash to bail them out? You
When they forget to pay rent or couldn't pay rent because they disagreed with someone at work and made a huge scene(instead of handling the situation like an adult) that resulted in them getting fired and now they've got an eviction notice on their door and no where to go, who's house are they going to be crawling home to? Yours
When they decide to have kids of their own and are completely clueless and call you multiple times throughout the day and in the middle of the night to ask you questions they should've already looked into before the baby was born, who's sleep gets interrupted? Your's
When they decide they "need a break" from being a parent because it's leading to some kind of reactionship problem, or they want to go on vacation, or they want to have a date night, who are they going to be asking to watch the kid? You
They're never really out of your hair even when they grow up and are no longer babies, toddlers, or teens
The only time kids are ever really out of your hair is when *the kid decides* that they don't need or want your help anymore and at that point they rarely call or visit you
Is this a valid argument for not wanting to have children?
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"they won't be babies, toddlers, pre-teens or teens forever." you say
Do to you honestly think that you're done dealing with them after their teenage years?
Or that you don't have to watch over them and rescue them when they get older?
Even when they're legally adults, they're still children. They still make stupid mistakes and decisions and who ends up having to save them every time? You do
When they go to some stupid party after leaving home to stay in the dorms and get taken down to the police station, who's expected to give up their hard earned cash to bail them out? You
When they forget to pay rent or couldn't pay rent because they disagreed with someone at work and made a huge scene(instead of handling the situation like an adult) that resulted in them getting fired and now they've got an eviction notice on their door and no where to go, who's house are they going to be crawling home to? Yours
When they decide to have kids of their own and are completely clueless and call you multiple times throughout the day and in the middle of the night to ask you questions they should've already looked into before the baby was born, who's sleep gets interrupted? Your's
When they decide they "need a break" from being a parent because it's leading to some kind of reactionship problem, or they want to go on vacation, or they want to have a date night, who are they going to be asking to watch the kid? You
They're never really out of your hair even when they grow up and are no longer babies, toddlers, or teens
The only time kids are ever really out of your hair is when *the kid decides* that they don't need or want your help anymore and at that point they rarely call or visit you