Having Kids??

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 02-28-2011, 01:04

Why in society you must have kids to be view as normal??

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-28-2011, 01:14

Whuh??? Where the hell do you live, bro? The bible belt?

**Samurai Waki** · 02-28-2011, 02:03

Only have them if you want them, otherwise you're bound to be *ahem* screw a lot more people than just the person who had the child.

**Secura** · 02-28-2011, 02:30

Originally Posted by ELITECubKingWarman88

Why in society you must have kids to be view as normal??

I'd be keen to find out where you picked up that idea! :P

**Beefy187** · 02-28-2011, 12:46

I don't care about what others says and I don't plan on forcing my ideas on you but..
Having kids and raising them would be my ultimate goal of life.

**Husar** · 02-28-2011, 14:00

I want to have at least 20 kids, we have to breed against all those foreign invaders!

**Yaropolk** · 02-28-2011, 14:46

Originally Posted by ELITECubKingWarman88

Why in society you must have kids to be view as normal??

The short answer is, statistics!

Figure 1.
Percentage of adults ages 18 and older who have ever had a biological child: 2000

As calculated by US Dept of Health and Human Services:
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/charting02...uction.htm#Who

**Rhyfelwyr** · 02-28-2011, 16:33

It's just one of those social norms.

I'm a bit surprised at how low the figures are in Yaropolk's study... less than 2/3 of men have fathered a child by 44?

**Secura** · 02-28-2011, 16:55

It appears that only applies to the United States; I get the feeling that the 18-24yrs percentages would be higher for Brits. >.<

**Vuk** · 02-28-2011, 19:21

lol, there is a general belief in the US that I would think runs in the exact opposite vein of what Warman is suggesting. I cannot count the number of times that I have heard professors (mostly female) insinuate that the reason women have kids or become stay at home moms is because they are too stupid to do anything else/know better.
People (again, mostly women) treat pregnant women with no respect at all, and the media is usually very negative toward family structures and family oriented people.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 02-28-2011, 19:31

Originally Posted by Vuk

lol, there is a general belief in the US that I would think runs in the exact opposite vein of what Warman is suggesting. I cannot count the number of times that I have heard professors (mostly female) insinuate that the reason women have kids or become stay at home moms is because they are too stupid to do anything else/know better.
People (again, mostly women) treat pregnant women with no respect at all, and the media is usually very negative toward family structures and family oriented people.

I think that might be true of a small clique of University folk, but in wider society I think Warman is right.

Plus, I've only ever seen family values portrayed as positive things in the media.

**Strike For The South** · 02-28-2011, 21:34

Originally Posted by Vuk

lol, there is a general belief in the US that I would think runs in the exact opposite vein of what Warman is suggesting. I cannot count the number of times that I have heard professors (mostly female) insinuate that the reason women have kids or become stay at home moms is because they are too stupid to do anything else/know better.
People (again, mostly women) treat pregnant women with no respect at all, and the media is usually very negative toward family structures and family oriented people.

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