I've got two grown kids (30 and 32) and two grandkids (5,3) and while
there were moments of profound unhappiness and extreme distress during
their upbringing, nothing in my life even comes close to the sense of
fulfillment and accomplishment I get from having raised them.
>From the article:
About
On Jul 8, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru
My sister is not Maru.
Maybe he was addressing Maru, who is lurking on the list.
Damn that Maru
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On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
On thing the article doesn't seem touch on, particularly in light of
how it indicates single parents are worse off, is how much children
can be a source of friction in their parents' relationship. It can
be hard to be on the same page vis a vi
On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>> Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru
>My sister is not Maru.
Maybe he was addressing Maru, who is lurking on the list.
Dan M.
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On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru
My sister is not Maru.
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Seems to me that it would be good here to step outside of the developed
world and recognize that when people have no safety net, having children is
a form of social security - someone to take care of them when they are old.
It has been surprising to me when Americans in the midst of a place like th
If I may put in my .02 worth...
The big pay off to having children, IMO, is...GRANDchildren. What's that
quote? "If I'd have known having Grandchildren was so much fun, I would
have done it first" --unknown.
I always knew I wanted to have kids, what I didn't know when I was 26 and
had the first
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
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> Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru
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But she started it first, and anyway, you always take her side!
john
stuck with TWO younger sisters Maru
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On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:54 PM, David Hobby wrote:
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> And yet, it's very rewarding. I guess I'd boil it down
> to one sentence as "Children give one's life meaning".
And very large cell phone bills.
Nick
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Dave Land wrote:
>Anyway, I had time to read the full NYMag article this evening, and the
>author is very aware of the fact that it's not a simple matter of
>"pleasurable activities" vs. parenting:
> "I think this boils down to a philosophical question, rather
> than a psychological o
On 08/07/2010, at 9:26 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
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>> ...which makes ond feel worthy, satisfied... happy?
>> It's impossible to separate self-interest from that too. Frankly, everyone
>> does things for self-interest, even altruism...
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> Metaphysical presuppositions about experiences you have nev
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