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Correlaton between active dancer and being childless?
- Thread starter ruanishtar
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DancePoet wrote "I know of a couple with two kids that are dance instructors and competitors, too. They seem to take turns watching the kids, bring the kids to events, and dance with them. The 3 year old son just loves it when dad carries him through a waltz! Waltz is the childs favorite."
Cocodrilo wrote: "I think that's great! Kids are so impressionable and influenced by the things their parents expose them to. Those kids will most likely grow up to be champion dancers!"
Perhaps championship dancers is possible, but as long as they grow up enjoying dance as part of their lives that's what's most important. In the meantime this couple seems to have a good way of incorporating their children into their dancing style.
Cocodrilo wrote: "I think that's great! Kids are so impressionable and influenced by the things their parents expose them to. Those kids will most likely grow up to be champion dancers!"
Perhaps championship dancers is possible, but as long as they grow up enjoying dance as part of their lives that's what's most important. In the meantime this couple seems to have a good way of incorporating their children into their dancing style.
ruanishtar
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Having no children is not selfish. How could it be?
Having no children is not selfish. How could it be?
jon said:cocodrilo said:Even the European catholic priest who married us(we preferred a simple wedding, not wanting to blow $30,000 on a typical Japanese-style gig), when asking how many children we hoped for and me replying that we weren't planning on having children quipped "Isn't that being a bit selfish?".
Talk about hypocritical - a (supposedly) celibate priest telling someone they're selfish because they don't plan to have kids?!
I make no comment about priests. No comment.
I will, however, say that my Mom, who had seven kids herself, thinks to this day that it's selfish not to have children -- multiple children. People with one child are just as selfish as people with no children, in her book. Having no children or an only child just doesn't fit her world view of moral living. *shrug* To each his/her own, I guess. (I've come to that inner peace after a mere few years of therapy! :wink: :lol: )