I love working with kids for my living, but the key word is work. Among my many reasons for choosing not to spawn, I want to be able to leave kids behind and have my own life that doesn't revolve around their welfare during my non-work hours.
I hate the condescension of people who tell me I'll change my mind. They act like I'm incapable of making a decision because I'm fairly young, or they assume that because I'm a woman my biology will at some point overwrite the choices of my rational mind. NO. Sure, I don't know 100% what the future holds, but I've wanted to be childfree since my early teens, and time and more experience with kids has only strengthened that conviction.
I'm a big fan of this manifesto about being a GINK (Green Inclinations, No Kids).
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Date: 2012-05-25 10:47 pm (UTC)I love working with kids for my living, but the key word is work. Among my many reasons for choosing not to spawn, I want to be able to leave kids behind and have my own life that doesn't revolve around their welfare during my non-work hours.
I hate the condescension of people who tell me I'll change my mind. They act like I'm incapable of making a decision because I'm fairly young, or they assume that because I'm a woman my biology will at some point overwrite the choices of my rational mind. NO. Sure, I don't know 100% what the future holds, but I've wanted to be childfree since my early teens, and time and more experience with kids has only strengthened that conviction.
I'm a big fan of this manifesto about being a GINK (Green Inclinations, No Kids).