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[–] 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

She's right in that they are a lot of work, but they're worth it if you want children in the first place.

It's all about what you think the work is worth, I guess. Anything in life that you want, and you need to work for, you do the work if you want it badly enough. Pretty simple.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    But they can't choose to be born. Having children is intrinsically a non-consensual act.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    That's not really relevant to the point I'm making but, yeah, it's not a consensual act to have offspring. Nothing that's ever been born has chosen to be born. But countless things have been happy they were.

    In the words of Stephen Colbert, "It's a gift to exist."

    Obviously quite dependent on circumstances...

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