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I noticed that the post stating that those having kids are "assholes" is gone. I wouldn't have even bothered to reply to the thread until I saw that comment. (At the time there were only 3-4 responses). I thought Kim had written it, and she doesn't disclaim it in a subsequent letter, but if I'm wrong about who wrote it, I do owe an apology.
I was *not* referring to the need to have your own children to take care of you in your old age, but the fact that if people don't have children, there will be no one to take care of you, even if you have all the long term care insurance, assets etc. It's one of the reasons that people who don't have children should still be concerned about child abuse, and other health and welfare issues pertaining to children. The current crop of kids are going to be who will be taking care of us in our old age--whether doctors, nurses, home health aides, the guy who mows the lawn, our accountant, etc. I'm not saying you have to have them, or love them, or whatever, but to talk in such negative terms about parents and children, is detrimental to society.
