The check list is very heavily oriented to coupled parents. I bet if there was another one geared towards being a single parent the scores would be much higher.
Well, no, I would be surprised if many people got 100% on this. I certainly don't now and wouldn't have at any time in the past. But I think it's a good list of things to think about and work toward.
(nods) Looks reasonable to me, although "enough money" and "enough time" definitely suffer from lack of definition.
"You are ready to accept any child you have, including a child with a severe mental or physical disability" is a toughie. I'm not 100% convinced anyone can answer that (either way) absent the actual stimulus. But it's definitely a question one should be asking.
Yeah, a lot of them seemed like "oh so peachy keen" questions. Isn't everyone so open, so willing to handle anything, so relaxed and at peace with the world that they can take a 8 pound chaos bomb dropped in their lives like a fragmentation grenade?
Parenting is. It's not something you can really sit there and dawdle on being "ready". When you feel you're ready give it a roll.
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Wishes he did it at 16. I had a lot more energy back then.
I have a very young mother on my f'list who perpetually needles me with "It's not too late!" badgering. I should post my results of this quiz for good and all. :-)
Oh, how annoying! If it's any help, I think you are perfect childfree. If that made you unhappy, I would wish it different for you, but since it doesn't, trying to encourage you toward my own goals would be silly.
I got an 84 which apparently means I'm ready. Which is good because I already am one.
I have found that finding gross things funny REALLY helped in the first six months or so. One of Susan's favorite stories that I tell is of the time she finished nursing, gave me a big smile, and then hurled directly into my cleavage. I'm cracking myself up just thinking about it.
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The check list is very heavily oriented to coupled parents. I bet if there was another one geared towards being a single parent the scores would be much higher.
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"You are ready to accept any child you have, including a child with a severe mental or physical disability" is a toughie. I'm not 100% convinced anyone can answer that (either way) absent the actual stimulus. But it's definitely a question one should be asking.
"You aren't [..] moody" is interesting.
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Parenting is. It's not something you can really sit there and dawdle on being "ready". When you feel you're ready give it a roll.
CZ
Wishes he did it at 16. I had a lot more energy back then.
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I have a very young mother on my f'list who perpetually needles me with "It's not too late!" badgering. I should post my results of this quiz for good and all. :-)
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I have found that finding gross things funny REALLY helped in the first six months or so. One of Susan's favorite stories that I tell is of the time she finished nursing, gave me a big smile, and then hurled directly into my cleavage. I'm cracking myself up just thinking about it.
It's good to be easily amused...
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