Children

[Minimalist]

Think about it real hard.

[Athene]

So if you have kids; how does it feel?

It's a mixed bag: Love, fear, joy, frustration, anger, pride, elation, etc.
You know...The proverbial roller coaster.

And the most important question: if you have a chronic illness that your newborn might catch; would you venture and take the risk anyways?

Perhaps. 
I'd have to take into account the condition and it's severity, it's ability to be managed effectively, the statistical odds of passing it on, and the possibility of genetic counseling/IVF being utilized as a means of eliminating or minimizing the risk of transmission. 

In short: I'd be inclined to crunch the numbers with the appropriate medical professional(s), before ruling it out.

[Ravenshire]

Different good or different worse?

I have never, and will never, change other people's kids diapers (well, maybe a grand-kid). Never bothered me to change my kids' stinkies.

Depends on whether it's happening during the day in your free time, or in the middle of the night when you're trying to sleep.

That goes for just about anything you find annoying. I got more aggravated at the neighbors dog making it a little harder to go to sleep than I ever did at my croupy daughter keeping me up all night.


Kids can be annoying as hell sometimes, then turn around and do the simplest, sweetest thing and the annoyance is never as bad and the sweet things are always just a bit sweeter than when it's other people's kids.

[The Grand Nudger]

So if you have kids; how does it feel?

Like the searing heat of a thousand desert suns? Like they accelerate the coming of the day of my death in multiplicative proportion to how many there are and how many hours they're awake each day? I'm at least a decade further spent today than I was on Jan 1st of this year. They make demands...Atlass.......and they won't negotiate. I hate them soooo much..but if anybody touches them or hurts their feelings, I'll kill them - flat out. Then I'll kill their kids. Then I'll kill their kids kids. When I die, my last act will be to fling myself down their kids kids kids well...poisoning them...because I love them even more than I hate them. They're the best. Better than any of the rest of these fuckers kids. Don't bother with them because their kids are shit. My kids are going to be their kids owners, and everyone will feel the cruel boot on their necks someday..like I do today.

I don't know what to tell you...how much time you got buddy?

PS: Help me...I'm being held against my will, they have weapons, don't trust their eyes, don't look directly into their eyes.

[Seraphina]

Having a kid has given me a new insight on possibly why my own mom is batshit crazy (there were 5 of us; I only have one).
Having a kid is great, having a kid is the toughest job ever...my opinion just depends on what day you're asking.
A baby in the house is definitely stress-inducing as now there is another human that you are 100% responsible for keeping alive. Don't fuck it up as it's all on you.
But it gets easier as they get older (a little )

-Teresa

[Ravenshire]

But it gets easier as they get older (a little )

-Teresa

Well, at first it gets easier. Then it gets much harder. Then they move out. Then they move back in with their spouse, three kids, a dog, two cats and a hamster.

[Joods]

The first time I saw my oldest wasn't right after she was born. It was three hours later in a NICU incubator. That said... to touch her - to see her for the very first time - I finally knew what it felt like to really be in love with someone else. As many of you know, my oldest is a special needs adult. I was 24 when I had her and I had to grow up rather quickly because she had a ton of medical issues and several uphill battles that needed me to learn to adult if she was to survive. She's 22 now and I like to think I did a decent job with her the first 18 years.

I now have four kids. Two I gave birth to and two I am a stepmom to. I would not change this for anything. My kids have told me they hate me, they love me, they are mad at me, they are proud of me, I'm the best mom ever and I'm the "fun and cool" mom to all their friends. I take them on outings. I help with homework. I teach them how to cook. I teach them how to be responsible and I teach them how to manage money. They teach me patience, how to play Minecraft and COD and other things. 

Of all of my accomplishments and failures, nothing beats being a parent. I have been tried and tested and I think if I were to rate my parenting skills, given that kids don't come with instruction manuals, I'd have to give myself a grade of a solid B. While I'm far from perfect, I think I'm doing my best to prepare them for what lies ahead after they graduate from high school.

[LastPoet]

So if you have kids; how does it feel?

There is that little baby staring at you. That baby life is your responsability to nurture the best you can. How does it feel? Awe, joy, and the ultimate of fears.

[mlmooney89]

I don't have a kid just yet but I will in about ten days or less. I've taken care of hundreds of kids when I worked at a daycare for half a decade so I know the mechanics of having a kid around. I can handle the poop, snot, vomit, screaming for hours, etc but I don't know what it's like to do all that at 1am while sleep deprived. It is a very scary idea that I won't be able to give the kid back to their parent at the end of the day unless I hand her to my husband and walk away. I think it will be worth it though. I've suffered through this high risk pregnancy, have ate pretty much the most boring food ever with no alcohol for 9 months, little sleep, and everything hurting but seeing my husband light up when he feels her kick makes it all worth it. We can't wait to hold her despite how scared we are.

[Aoi Magi]

Weird; right?

This post I mean: but I guess I'm growing up.
Y a a a a a Y !!!!!

I always hated kids, I think kittens are more cute, and human children have smelly assets too: human child saliva is very disgusting and...smelly.
I don't know how to carry them.

But lately, I began to get this... IDK, burn? A feeling I can't describe about having children, it will be cool to have my own.
But still, and there's lot of buts, now the feeling is gone, it's a very big load on me ! It's really scary.

So if you have kids; how does it feel?
And the most important question: if you have a chronic illness that your newborn might catch; would you venture and take the risk anyways?

hmm, if you want kids, adopt! That way you can skip the messy bits like drool and poop (depending on the age you get), and the world becomes slightly better for a child and you get to feel better about yourself too for not contributing to the ever rising population count.