I've always thought, it's the people who don't want to have children for all the right reasons who should have children. Not the cousin fuckers and MAGA morons down south who seem to be having them all.
The reconciliation bill guts Medicaid. 40% of all maternity care is with Medicaid. About the same for CHIP (children's health). They're also trashing Obama care. And they don't know why people don't have children?
Also, many have been misled by wealthy celebrities into thinking that they can somehow delay childbearing until they're 50, when in reality the odds drop precipitously after 35. I was lucky & had my only child at 40. But trust me, toward 60, parenting becomes beyond exhausting. Especially single.
61 w/ a 20 yo resisting transitioning to independence, & a set of chronic med issues as well. The current messaging that we're as young & healthy as we look makes me crazy. I hope you have all the support & respite you need, & remember to validate yourself. We're strong because we have to be.💙
Again, same. My family don't have any idea (and really don't want to know). And friends couldn't understand the need to cancel things last minute often, & it's hard to feel like friends knowing how much they don't know and can't really imagine despite good intentions.
I met a woman with a baby in arms yesterday and was surprised that l was actually surprised because it is so long since l have been anywhere near one. I just dont seem to see many these days!
Maybe it's because my kids are still in primary school and friends of parents still having kids but I can assure you, people are definitely still popping them out.
I knew and predicted all this back when he made the announcement that he’s running for president, I feel like the Nostradamus of politics and I hate to be right! This country is going down further than any point of time before
They never thought about us. They all just think about how much money they can acquire and fuck the rest of the people in this country. If the sinking of the Titanic has shown us anything, it’s the rich also died on that boat. So they should all take heed. Death happens to everybody.
Dig a little deeper to some of the sources of this grievance, and the tentacles one way or another inevitably lead to great replacement theory and eugenics.
Yep. The older generation lines for the “good old days”. But not the parts where everyone had free education, very good superannuation, job security. Decent pay, far cheaper homes. And could afford to have a family on a single income.
republicans are creating a pro-rapist anti-woman nation and we all know it. if you still doubt that republicans are and have been for a long time pro-rapist then you need to search for "republican rape quotes" on google... then realize in horror that all the quotes are defending rape...
I’m with you I’ve had 5 cats and 4 dogs over the years I was always an animal person. I used to be more of a people person when I was young however that changed over the years. I would rather be with my animals now!
I've never given birth and I have no shame about not contributing to the over-population of the planet. I have chosen kids and grandkids, and I want the world to be a better place for them.
Both my children are adults.
Neither wants children.
So far it looks like that’s how it’s gonna be.
And until things straighten out in the U.S., (when we get rid of 4547 & cronies), & create policies that are environmentally responsible & reproductively sane, I won’t have grandchildren. Sigh….
At a garden center Sunday my immigrant cashier said her 2 American citizen college student daughters say they won't have children because of Trump, our polluted planet and because of bigotry and racism they face. She was crying. I said I chose by 14 to never have kids. I've only regretted it 1X...
I am more concerned about what global fascist authoritarianism will mean to my children and their children. World War III looming. Ironically the reason god bothering conservatives are hell bent on child birth is because that’s where the cannon fodder for their religious wars come from.
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I’m Australian
Nightmare 😡🤬
I’m a lone parent of a 10yo autistic kiddo
I’m late 50s
Exhausting doesn’t begin to describe my life
I’m also chronically ill with a range of conditions
😔
I struggle to get any support or understanding
Even my family think I exaggerate how hard it is 😔
But thank you 🙏🏾
It’s crazy
Flashback to Twitter twat cops limiting my posts
*this is a test
Qld is Qld
Neither wants children.
So far it looks like that’s how it’s gonna be.
And until things straighten out in the U.S., (when we get rid of 4547 & cronies), & create policies that are environmentally responsible & reproductively sane, I won’t have grandchildren. Sigh….
For some housing support, give to Habitat for Humanity.
I think this is re Australia