Originally Posted by
-Cp
Correct...
and that (generally speaking) their children are spoild rotten and grow up with an entitlement mentality...
There are, of course, exceptions to this rule like my best friend who lives next door to me..
I had two kids. One is an E-2 in the Army, the other is a senior in high school. Neither are spoiled by any means. Both are models of self-sufficiency.
My ex-wife and I were both active duty Marines. The decision to cap the family at two kids was not based on selfishness at all. It was based on the what was best for the family overall.
My ex was admin, but I was deployed all the time. MY youngest learned to walk and talk while I was gone.
I didn't consider it fair to my children that we should have so little time to spend with them, and it certainly would have been less fair to have more children to spend even less time with.
When the marriage came to an end and my oldest made the decision to come with me, it got even "better." I spent 4 of my last 5 years in the Corps, to include 2 deployments, as a single parent.
It isn't selfish when considering whether or not to have a child how much time and attention one can give, and how other commitments may conflict no matter how good your intentions.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke