(December 13, 2023 at 2:39 am)Astreja Wrote: I think that 2-3 children are more than enough. (I have one adult daughter and decided in my 30s that I didn't want any more children, although initially the plan was for two.)
Raising children is very hard work, and most of the burden falls on the mother. The more offspring, the less of her own life she gets to live.
(December 13, 2023 at 5:41 am)Ahriman Wrote: I would say 2 or 3 children is not really enough, but at least you are in support of having children.
Is the mother's "own" life really that important, as long as she is raising children?
Substitute the phrase "the father's 'own' life" in that sentence. How does it sound now?
Of course the woman's own life is important. If someone had told me at age 14 that I could either be an artist or a mother but not both, I would never have gotten into an intimate relationship with a man and I'd be childless.
Fortunately I was able to raise my daughter - who is also an artist and who has chosen to be child-free - and then I focused my attention on music, writing and other things that interest me.
