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Airplanes, Markers, and Toddlers: Confronting Parental Choices on Public Decorum
Air travel: an arena where human etiquette and common sense are often tested, and unfortunately, not always pass with flying colors. Enter, stage left, a well-meaning mother who recently shared her ‘real-life advice’ on Instagram, sparking an inflight turbulence of a different kind: toddler chaos at 35,000 feet. A scene that might make one long…
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Parenthood Decision: Why Children Aren’t Relationship Band-Aids
It’s a tale as old as time: a couple, fraught with marital issues, decide to add a tiny human into the mix, believing this will magically mend their fractured relationship. This theory, which seems to have been plucked from some fairy tale, posits that a baby will serve as the ‘marital glue’ that binds them…
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Breeders, Take Notice: Pets are not Baby-steps to Parenthood
Isn’t it interesting how people transition from sharing adorable videos of their pets on social media to posting baby scans and gender reveal parties? The process that unfolds between these two life stages can be quite revealing. This is when the so-called responsible adults decide to trade their fur babies for actual babies. It’s like…
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Is Childfree a sin?
Welcome, fellow black sheep of the Good Shepherd’s flock! In the expanse of the Christian community, we are a breed often seen with bemused eyes. Our lifestyle choice invites perplexed questions, raised eyebrows, and yes, the occasional tut-tutting. So today, we gather here to have a chuckle over one weighty question, “Is choosing to be…
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Rolling the Genetic Dice: Why My Uterus Isn’t Betting on the Next Baby Einstein
In the never-ending quest to push childfree individuals toward procreation, unsolicited pieces of advice are often gifted. And among these free “words of wisdom,” there’s a particular gem that never fails to evoke a hearty chuckle: “But what if your child turns out to be the next Einstein?” Well-meaning friends, family, and even strangers seem…
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Kid-You-Not: The ‘Childfree vs. Childless’ Showdown
Let’s get one thing straight: not all folks sans ankle biters are cut from the same cloth. Although ‘childless’ and ‘childfree’ may echo a similar tune, their underlying meanings play entirely different melodies. These terms are as distinct as two peas hailing from entirely different pods, each with its own tales, dreams, and, most significantly,…