On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 10:49:28AM -0700, Hoxsie, Howard wrote:
> It IS critical to have involved and interested parents since they are
> often the only ones interested in making sure their children learn
> anything at all.  Let's just stop laying the blame at the feet of this
> person or that person and recognize that we all have a responsibility to
> bear when it comes to preparing the next generation to take care of us
> in our old age.

Baloney.

This kind of thinking goes along with calls for massive tax increases under
the guise of "investing" in our future. There's only one problem with this
outlook: it's about as much an investment as the 5th race at Santa Anita.
There are far too many variables outside anyone's control but the parents
involved.

If you can't afford to raise kids, both financially and interms of the
commitment of time and energy required, you shouldn't have them. As things
stand, people that do are foisting them off on me. I don't have kids of my
own because I don't *want* them. Why should I be stuck with yours?

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