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Friday, April 21, 2006 12:00 AM

To breed or not to breed

10 reasons not to have kids and 10 reasons to reproduce, this week in Table Talk.

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  • Friday, April 21, 2006 01:39 PM

    They say people who don't like cats shouldn't get kittens

    Ya notice that every single item on the pro-reproduce list is about having young kids? Anybody want to chime in on how entertaining and fulfilling it is to have teenagers? I mean, isn't the point of childhood that they eventually become adults?

    My take: Go ahead if it's really your own decision, but remember that in terms of its impact on everyone else, bringing another First-World, middle-class person into the world is by far the most selfish, narcissistic thing you will ever do.

    The "sacrifices" and "our future" pieties are just that.

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