Kids = worthless investment?

dtan1e · Mar 8, 2011

be honest if you don't spend on your kids it likely end up in other not so "worthwhile" investments, just think of all the crap people spend on.

heech · Mar 8, 2011

Quote from ElCubano:

In the case of Jose and Kitty Menendez, it was ironic that those they brought to life where the ones who took them out...now thats f88ked up

How about those asshole parents who beat their kids to death for wetting the bed...

Humans are just filled with flaws.

Fireplace · Mar 8, 2011

Are you dense? There has NEVER been any guarantee's about survival....at any moment something catastrophic can occur. That's a RISK of being alive.

Quote from bearice:

Kids are not worthless. But investment in kids maybe risky when there is no guarantee for world economy and human survival.

bearice · Mar 8, 2011

Quote from Fireplace:

There has NEVER been any guarantee's about survival....at any moment something catastrophic can occur. That's a RISK of being alive.

Now the risk is highest since there has been silence for long time.

krazykarl · Mar 8, 2011

Quote from volente_00:

220k liability for 18 years.

And when I look into my child's eyes and see that glowing smile it is worth every f'ing dollar of it

^this. Plus if you teach them well, they'll take care of you when you're old better than any 401k ever could.

WS_MJH · Mar 8, 2011

This is why Time and Newsweek are utterly awful magazines. The problem is that some rich liberal will keep funding these enterprises that should otherwise go bankrupt.

One thing though, I'm glad if the article's author doesn't have kids; that'll make the world a better place.

hiptogo · Mar 8, 2011

or.........we can all move to space...the moon..or something.
when's that happening?

dandxg · Mar 8, 2011

The irony is that those that are almost indifferent towards having kids have multiples and those whom really want them can't. Human Psychology at its best people often don't appreciate what the have until its gone.

cap'ncod · Mar 8, 2011

Quote from dandxg:

The irony is that those that are almost indifferent towards having kids have multiples and those whom really want them can't. Human Psychology at its best people often don't appreciate what the have until its gone.

Lots of people breed with little thought. Very bad.
Many should not breed at all.

There are too many humans eating away at earth's resources and a slowly disappearing diversity in nature. Very bad.

Kid's can give a person a role in life and bring out noble qualities. Very good.

Kid's grow up into independent adults and will usually resent their parents in some way. Bad.

It's all a choice in the end. The pleasures are often outweighed by the pains in my opinion. Much has to do with narcisism and 'continuing one's genes' etc. It's a biological instinct to breed but as humans we can make a choice. Most people don't think through the consequences sufficiently.

the1 · Mar 8, 2011

Since when did having kids become and investment? I wouldn't trade my kids for the world, even considering how expensive it is to raise them. It's an opportunity for me to be a kid again. I get to play baseball again. Enough said.