Do You Have Kids/ Would You Recommend Having Kids?

[shut up meg]

 

 

It's better for the world to have less people, not merely for the environment but also more resources per person. Populations will learn to downsize, they are already doing so in Japan and things will improve at pace as it becomes more vital. 

 

 

Japan is entering unknown territory though, it is projected in around 30-40 years that the population will be down to under 90 million of which 25% will be over 75.

[Tord31]

Another vote for family here.

 

We had a girl first after quite a wait so was an amazing feeling to be a Dad/family.

 

Back to work tomorrow after another paternity leave. Welcomed a boy on Gothenburg day! Laddie managed to wait until Greg Stewart slammed in the winner so he knows the score

[The Boofon]

Another vote for family here.

 

We had a girl first after quite a wait so was an amazing feeling to be a Dad/family.

 

Back to work tomorrow after another paternity leave. Welcomed a boy on Gothenburg day! Laddie managed to wait until Greg Stewart slammed in the winner so he knows the score

 

 

Nice one Tord. Congratulations.

[Tord31]

cheers lad!

[Parklife]

A lot of pressure these days for young lads to get a house, get married, have kids etc. Seen many of my pals bow to the pressure and just do it because they think it’s the right thing to do. Fuck that. Totally agree with the sentiment of do whatever the fuck you want and don’t put a timeline on it. For gods sake have fun before you’re tied down.

You'll have folk following you around the board having a pop at you for that post. You're not allowed to point the above out.

[boboisared]

You'll have folk following you around the board having a pop at you for that post. You're not allowed to point the above out.

Would it bother you if folk did?

[DD1903]

You'll have folk following you around the board having a pop at you for that post. You're not allowed to point the above out.

You're the only one that's acknowledged it.

[Parklife]

Would it bother you if folk did?

Not at all. Just pointing out how a couple of folk couldn't handle me pointing out the same thing on another thread.

[Henry]

Studebaker put it less obnoxiously though. 

[Poodler]

For once

[boboisared]

Not at all. Just pointing out how a couple of folk couldn't handle me pointing out the same thing on another thread.

If it doesn't bother you then I don't see any need to raise the point again.

[BrianFaePerth]

Fuck sake Darkie, you don't help yourself.

[Parklife]

Fuck sake Darkie, you don't help yourself.

Shut up, you rotten oaf.

[BrianFaePerth]

Impregnating a lady with one shot/one hit is the ultimate in Alpha Male.

Yes the likes of darkie can't appreciate our prowess.

[Redforever86]

Japan is entering unknown territory though, it is projected in around 30-40 years that the population will be down to under 90 million of which 25% will be over 75.

In 40 years how many jobs will AI take?

 

What will be the biggest economies in the world?

 

What will be the main sources of energy etc etc etc

 

We’ve only had the World Wide Web in any form for 30 years.

 

What does it matter if a large percentage of the population are old if you can look after the efficiently?

 

Fuck all. We do need to acknowledge it and work towards that time but we don’t need to keep producing kids to “save the world”.

[maryhilldon]

In 40 years how many jobs will AI take?

 

What will be the biggest economies in the world?

 

What will be the main sources of energy etc etc etc

 

We’ve only had the World Wide Web in any form for 30 years.

 

What does it matter if a large percentage of the population are old if you can look after the efficiently?

 

Fuck all. We do need to acknowledge it and work towards that time but we don’t need to keep producing kids to “save the world”.

Overpopulation will be the worlds biggest problem in the future. Humans are like fuckin locusts. CS is talking pish as usual, we need less arseholes on the planet not more.

[BrianFaePerth]

we need less arseholes on the planet not more.

NASA must have a spare rocket for you. Off you pop.

[maryhilldon]

NASA must have a spare rocket for you. Off you pop.

Shut up smelly.

[Ke1t]

Only have kids if you feel you can educate them and make them productive members of society. 

 

The world has too many minks and wasters already... don't fucking add to it. 

[YorkDon]

Only have kids if you feel you can educate them and make them productive members of society.

 

The world has too many minks and wasters already... don't fucking add to it.

My ex had an idea for couples that couldn’t have kids.

Quit your jobs,start wearing tracksuit bottoms,start smoking,and watching Jeremy Kyle,cos those fuckers seem to be able to breed like fucking rabbits!

[Poodler]

Or become an Arab

[BrianFaePerth]

Or become an Arab

It's not helped AK, but then receiving rather than giving might be part of that.

[Poodler]

Wahey!!

[Betty Swallicks]

Too much mumsnet shite from new Dads these days.

 

I have 2 loons, both working, both in decent jobs, both (imo) decent lads.

 

Nae fannying aboot but at the same time try and guide them best you can, do proper old fashioned father/son stuff (fitba, fishing etc) and hope for the best.

 

 

All in all I'd say have kids if you want and can afford the time, effort and costs involved but don't be pressurised into it by any female or holy joe clydesdaleneep type.

[Ke1t]

Lengthy rant incoming... 

 

Idiocracy nailed the problem in the first couple of minutes. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E

 

I wanted exactly zero kids. I figured I could probably afford a couple, but kids just annoy the fuck out of me, and my parental instincts were about nil. I reckoned it wouldn't be fair to a kid to have me as a father. I mean, I wouldn't be a dick to any kid I had, I wasn't going to batter it or neglect it, but kids deserve 100% of a parent's love and attention. My complete lack of paternal feelings seemed to preclude me from any notion of bringing another human being into the world. I've seen too many parents who are just out and out arseholes to their children, and it raises my fucking hackles.  If kids bother you to the point that you're a cunt to your own children then maybe you should have put some thought into blowing your fucking load in some chick. You fucking prick.

 

The only things that persuaded me to have one kid (and no more than one) is that the wife wanted a kid, I knew she would make a brilliant mother, and she was more than willing to have a game plan ahead of time rather than just 'Hey, let's shit out a kid with no plan for its future!' More often than not 'Let's shit out a bunch of kids' IS the game plan for people. 

 

The very basics you should be planning for are, 

 

1. Start a financial portfolio for your kid (every kid... even if you have 10 kids)  so that when he or she or they hit majority they have money of their own and an understanding of how finances work. 

 

2. Teach your kid how to think. School WILL NOT teach your kid how to think. Knowing the answer to "What's the capital of Germany" is not critical thinking. Philosophy and the structure of argument should be a major focus. Good luck if you plan on leaving your kid's brain in the hands of underpaid, apathetic state school teachers using a curriculum that's designed to pull the smartest kids back to the level of the slowest kids. 

 

3. Teach your kid to fight. Send them to martial arts, even if all it does it give them the confidence to swing a punch. You can't roll up to school and batter some kid who's bullying your kid, so he needs to be able to do that himself. Make your kid a bloody-minded little fucker who takes serious exception to bullies, and give him the tools to do something about it. Multiple martial arts like Karate, Boxing, and Jiu Jitsu will give them an understanding of how fighting works beyond just swinging wild haymakers into fresh air. 

 

4. Always have time for your kid. Never reject a request for help with something, always answer their questions as best you can, and take your kid to the places they want to go. The worst thing I can imagine happening is your kid no longer engaging with you because you've knocked them back so many times that they know the answer will be no before they even ask. 

 

5. Teach them that All Cops Are Bastards. Not a joke. Teach them that authority should be questioned, and that authority figures rarely have your best interests at heart. Explain to them that rules are there to be broken when they need to be. Case in point the idiotic fucking 'Shelter In Place' rule when some maniac turns up at their school with an assault rifle. "Hide under your desk, kids" is the policy at most schools... also known as 'Wait Your Turn To be Shot'. We've told our kid to put a chair through a window and get the fuck out of there if he hears gunshots. Leave the 'Shelter In Place' kids to wait their turn for termination, meanwhile our loon will be legging it in the opposite direction post haste. 

 

If, however,  you're shitting out multiple sprogs because you just like blowing loads into birds, or because 'Jesus', then you're not helping the planet, yourself, or society as a whole.

 

Cut your fucking balls off. 

[NEM]

So sterilize 99% of Africa?

 

 

Would do wonders for the environment but somehow can't see the Greens buying it

[Ke1t]

So sterilize 99% of Africa?

 

99% of the planet. 

 

The fewer cunts the better. 

[Sonoftherock]

Lengthy rant incoming...

 

Idiocracy nailed the problem in the first couple of minutes.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E

 

I wanted exactly zero kids. I figured I could probably afford a couple, but kids just annoy the fuck out of me, and my parental instincts were about nil. I reckoned it wouldn't be fair to a kid to have me as a father. I mean, I wouldn't be a dick to any kid I had, I wasn't going to batter it or neglect it, but kids deserve 100% of a parent's love and attention. My complete lack of paternal feelings seemed to preclude me from any notion of bringing another human being into the world. I've seen too many parents who are just out and out arseholes to their children, and it raises my fucking hackles. If kids bother you to the point that you're a cunt to your own children then maybe you should have put some thought into blowing your fucking load in some chick. You fucking prick.

 

The only things that persuaded me to have one kid (and no more than one) is that the wife wanted a kid, I knew she would make a brilliant mother, and she was more than willing to have a game plan ahead of time rather than just 'Hey, let's shit out a kid with no plan for its future!' More often than not 'Let's shit out a bunch of kids' IS the game plan for people.

 

The very basics you should be planning for are,

 

1. Start a financial portfolio for your kid (every kid... even if you have 10 kids) so that when he or she or they hit majority they have money of their own and an understanding of how finances work.

 

2. Teach your kid how to think. School WILL NOT teach your kid how to think. Knowing the answer to "What's the capital of Germany" is not critical thinking. Philosophy and the structure of argument should be a major focus. Good luck if you plan on leaving your kid's brain in the hands of underpaid, apathetic state school teachers using a curriculum that's designed to pull the smartest kids back to the level of the slowest kids.

 

3. Teach your kid to fight. Send them to martial arts, even if all it does it give them the confidence to swing a punch. You can't roll up to school and batter some kid who's bullying your kid, so he needs to be able to do that himself. Make your kid a bloody-minded little fucker who takes serious exception to bullies, and give him the tools to do something about it. Multiple martial arts like Karate, Boxing, and Jiu Jitsu will give them an understanding of how fighting works beyond just swinging wild haymakers into fresh air.

 

4. Always have time for your kid. Never reject a request for help with something, always answer their questions as best you can, and take your kid to the places they want to go. The worst thing I can imagine happening is your kid no longer engaging with you because you've knocked them back so many times that they know the answer will be no before they even ask.

 

5. Teach them that All Cops Are Bastards. Not a joke. Teach them that authority should be questioned, and that authority figures rarely have your best interests at heart. Explain to them that rules are there to be broken when they need to be. Case in point the idiotic fucking 'Shelter In Place' rule when some maniac turns up at their school with an assault rifle. "Hide under your desk, kids" is the policy at most schools... also known as 'Wait Your Turn To be Shot'. We've told our kid to put a chair through a window and get the fuck out of there if he hears gunshots. Leave the 'Shelter In Place' kids to wait their turn for termination, meanwhile our loon will be legging it in the opposite direction post haste.

 

If, however, you're shitting out multiple sprogs because you just like blowing loads into birds, or because 'Jesus', then you're not helping the planet, yourself, or society as a whole.

 

Cut your fucking balls off.

 

Brilliant Ke1t!

 

Not sure whether to laugh or applaud!

[Poodler]

What is a financial portfolio?

[Ke1t]

When you're on the toe curling stroke of a boozy bareback nobody gives a fuck about training the next Jon Bones Jones to jump out the window slashing himself to smitherins everytime someone sets off a firework.

 

Just a ride, ken.

 

Accidents happen. 

 

But when they do you send her to the doctor and have him rip that fucking fetus out of her.

 

Failing that, get a coat hanger and some cheap whisky and smash at her fud until you've perfected home abortions. 

 

And if she refuses then you kick her down a set of stairs. 

 

Fix your mistakes. 

 

Or cut your fucking balls off.