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This article is from the Good Things About
Having Kids FAQ, by Benjamin V.C. Collins,
collins@campus.mlc.edu with numerous contributions by others.
05 Good Having Kids Answer
ok, avern, i'll bite. i have two little monsters, soon-to-be-3-years-old
(a girl, alex) and almost-18-months-old (a boy, emmett). the main upside
to having children that i have noticed so far is the opportunity you get
to experience the purest love known to humans. i mean there is a depth
and a dimension to a child's love that cannot be matched - unconditional,
focused, intense, innocent love.
other good things include the millions of things i have learned since i
have had them - things i have learned about myself, about others, about
life, about what is really important...about tolerance and patience, about
irony, about family.
>> I'm due in February and though I'm well aware of the many sacrifices
>> and heartache involved in child-rearing
well i am not sure who you've been talking to, but lots of people feel
a need to badger pregnant women with the down side of things. and yet
somehow, people keep having children, and in fact people often have more
than one. so how terrible can it be? :-) i can only speak for myself and
what i can tell you is that i have never known a love like the love
between my kids and i. they are a part of me, yet they are individuals.
they have let me explore a side of myself that i would not have otherwise
known.
sure there are times when they throw a tantrum, or refuse to cooperate.
and there are times when a bunch of friends are going out after work or
having a party and i have to miss out. and maybe money is a bit tighter
than it used to be - is that what you mean by heartache and sacrifice?
all of these things seem so insignificant to me when compared to the
joy i get and the love i feel from my two little monsters. i wouldn't
trade my life now for all the <insert-something-really-good-here> in
the world.
good luck.
veek
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