tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236461450774245955.post4944346635794312999..comments2023-05-17T09:06:27.535-07:00Comments on The Childless by Choice Project: You’d be Such a Great ParentLaura S. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503359529542988850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236461450774245955.post-33670602552852269932011-06-29T09:27:50.882-07:002011-06-29T09:27:50.882-07:00I get this one a lot.
Close friends are not so s...I get this one a lot. <br /><br />Close friends are not so shallow as to suggest our lives would be unfulfilled without children (they know otherwise) or that there's something wrong with us for not wanting them (they know who we are).<br /><br />But the comment that we'd make great parents (and the unsaid remainder, so therefore we should surely have them) is considered fair game.<br /><br />I reckon I'd be good at many different things. I've been told I'd be a good counsellor, I reckon I'd be good at events organisation, I am sure I could rock a lot of different things, whether they are jobs or something else.<br /><br />But that doesn't mean I want to do them!!!<br /><br />I know I'd be a good parent. That's not being bigheaded, it's an assessment of my personality and strengths and weaknesses.<br /><br />I didn't decide not to have kids because I thought I'd be crap at it, but because I didn't want to!Kaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662875905365870280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236461450774245955.post-14456776168483346982009-12-15T20:57:14.034-08:002009-12-15T20:57:14.034-08:00Yes! I am a teacher and feel this completely! I l...Yes! I am a teacher and feel this completely! I love teaching, but don't want to raise children. Teaching them all day, 5 days a week is challenging enough. I like my role as a teacher/mentor.flamencokittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665114298186254835noreply@blogger.com