One could have a neutral opinion on the topic of children, I suppose, but you're either a parent, person who wants to be a parent in the future, or you're CF.
Yeah, there certainly isn't at least one twenty-something single woman who's "meh" on the idea of kids in there.
I DO have a neutral opinion on children, in that I acknowledge they can be little brats, but I also know they can be sweet, funny and well-behaved. I don't know yet if I want any. What I can't understand is this sense of being persecuted that some CFers have *cough*BlueMondays*cough*, or this idea that parents are to be pitied because they've fucked up their lives.
If it's wrong (and I agree that it is) to pester the childfree about when they're going to have kids, then it's wrong to pity and look down on parents, too.
There's a huge difference between spouting off on a community specifically for rants of a particular type and doing the same on a mixed community that has a different purpose. On a mixed comm, people will be offended, and there's no need to be abrasive in one's posts. On a comm designed for CF rants, one should expect to find material that isn't parent-friendly and child-friendly, and as long as the TOS is followed and all that, DL;DR applies.
Exactly.
If it's abusive or negligent parenting, or other asinine behavior like screaming at a hostess because all the high chairs are in use, that's fair game.
I completely agree. Being a parent doesn't make you immune to being a bastard and an asshole.
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Yeah, there certainly isn't at least one twenty-something single woman who's "meh" on the idea of kids in there.
I DO have a neutral opinion on children, in that I acknowledge they can be little brats, but I also know they can be sweet, funny and well-behaved. I don't know yet if I want any. What I can't understand is this sense of being persecuted that some CFers have *cough*BlueMondays*cough*, or this idea that parents are to be pitied because they've fucked up their lives.
If it's wrong (and I agree that it is) to pester the childfree about when they're going to have kids, then it's wrong to pity and look down on parents, too.
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Exactly.
If it's abusive or negligent parenting, or other asinine behavior like screaming at a hostess because all the high chairs are in use, that's fair game.
I completely agree. Being a parent doesn't make you immune to being a bastard and an asshole.
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