They are worth more than that, but the premise is also untrue. College is option, and to some extent so are visits to the doctor. There are reusable cloth diapers, most people are just too lazy. Childcare can be handled by the mom and, if the Redditters' kneejerk reactions about the family being evangelical conservatives are correct, might very well be. So, yeah, you need to feed the kids; I'll give them that one. Now, I'm certainly not saying kids are free, but the idea that it's millions of dollars (and implied out of pocket, too) is flat out wrong.
Part of the issue is that they spend a lot of disposable income on disposable expense, but consider it absolute necessities. They can't imagine being willing to cut $10,000 a year on alcohol and night-life, while having a kid, let alone 10. They don't realize that being a parent will change their interests, or worse: are afraid it will.
Then when they turn 40 they start writing articles at Buzzfeed about how glad they are they didn't have children, and never will. (They're not glad).
What if a human being is worth more than that?
They are worth more than that, but the premise is also untrue. College is option, and to some extent so are visits to the doctor. There are reusable cloth diapers, most people are just too lazy. Childcare can be handled by the mom and, if the Redditters' kneejerk reactions about the family being evangelical conservatives are correct, might very well be. So, yeah, you need to feed the kids; I'll give them that one. Now, I'm certainly not saying kids are free, but the idea that it's millions of dollars (and implied out of pocket, too) is flat out wrong.
Part of the issue is that they spend a lot of disposable income on disposable expense, but consider it absolute necessities. They can't imagine being willing to cut $10,000 a year on alcohol and night-life, while having a kid, let alone 10. They don't realize that being a parent will change their interests, or worse: are afraid it will.
Then when they turn 40 they start writing articles at Buzzfeed about how glad they are they didn't have children, and never will. (They're not glad).