Many parents when you truly get down to it seem to think the most important part of being a parent is spreading their genes and maintaining a bloodline.

I truly mean it when I say most parents dont realize how profound having a kid truly is. Otherwise i truly believe people take longer before having kid when it comes to finding another person to raise a kid with, considering what mental illnesses, or diseases that lurk in your dna.

I also think abortion wouldnt be that much of an issue if people consider when its truly the right time to raise a child.

So nah suck it brah.

[–] Prunebutt 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Many parents when you truly get down to it seem to think the most important part of being a parent is spreading their genes and maintaining a bloodline.

WTF are you talking about? I don't know a single parent that does that.

I'll have to play the "you're no parent, so you simply have no idea card" here, since it's obviously like that.

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a parent, I thought I had an idea. Nope, still surprised. And I wanted the kid and have means to support them.

[–] Prunebutt 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, most parents-to-be don't, since it's simply inconceivable, really.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm having a hard time making this comment and your previous one mesh and be compatible

[–] Prunebutt 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Parents to be aren't parents. Parents aren't parents-to-be.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah but I'm pretty sure the person you responded to saying they were full of it, is specifically talking about non parents not knowing how much work/responsibility being a parent actually is

Edit: Damn tho, buddy went off the deepend after that, I'm not defending that behaviour

[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

From my experience,I personally agree with that sentiment. A lot of parents and parents to be put a lot on their kids that doesn’t need to be there, many don’t understand how much work it will be, and a lot put in much less work than they should.

It sounds like you are or would be an engaged parent to know it’s a lot of work to raise a little individual, but there are many people from many backgrounds.

[–] Prunebutt 2 points 4 months ago

That's simply something, no parent would say, so yeah: talking out of their asses galore down here.

So how about we fix the society as to that not only übermenschen can get children and born children have the resource of an intact social safety-net? Maybe that would be preferable to childless asses shaming parents whose situations they have no access to?

Most of the time, it's a lack of resources that disables parents to properly care for their kids. Try to be a supportive parent if you work 3 jobs to make ends meet.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You quoted the part where they said most people, but you're replying as if they said most parents.

Anyway, you'd hope people who don't know all that would learn better after the kid comes out, but I know some people don't. I can name two off the top of my head.

[–] Prunebutt 0 points 4 months ago

You quoted the part where they said most people, but you're replying as if they said most parents.

Hey, if they didn't mean most parents, then the first part of the sentence didn't apply.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

In my experience, almost no parent really know it before they become parents.

[–] Prunebutt 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well, they're not parents before they become parents, are they?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn, beaten by technicality.

[–] Prunebutt 0 points 4 months ago

Sometimes, I watch out for whatI'm writing ;)