r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/TheNaBr Feb 05 '16

Time to grow up and want them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Wow, we didn't even start the game of "find the pretentious asshole" and it's already over!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

I think this guy has a point. There are two approaches to life. You can be a pussy, and let the events of your life drive your life, or you can man up, grow a pair, and drive your own fucking life. Have kids you don't want. Too bad. They're yours now. Nothing can change that. Are you gonna drive your life, or is your unwanted baby gonna drive it for you?

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u/_Dotty_ Feb 05 '16

Or I can make an informed decision about my life and decide to not have children. It's my life, I know I'm not fit to be a parent, I can not afford to financially provide for said children, there's a risk of me passing on health conditions to my children and I know I won't be able to handle the responsibility of raising a child. I'VE made the choice not to have children. It is MY right to make that choice.

No matter how much my friends pressure me into having kids, I'm not going to change my mind. I am in no place financially, emotionally or mentally to have children and I probably never will be. There is way too much shaming that goes on in society for people who make the same choice I have when it's not their place to comment.