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Do you want kids?
Yes 16%  16%  [ 60 ]
Yes 17%  17%  [ 65 ]
No 22%  22%  [ 83 ]
No 27%  27%  [ 100 ]
Maybe 7%  7%  [ 25 ]
Maybe 8%  8%  [ 30 ]
im a neurotypical 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
im a neurotypical 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
wanna see dem results 1%  1%  [ 4 ]
wanna see dem results 2%  2%  [ 6 ]
Total votes : 373

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23 Sep 2016, 9:59 pm

I would like to work with children, but not have them. I'd be a horrid parent. :lol:


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26 Nov 2016, 12:44 pm

I can barely handle my own life and making sure that I manage to eat and shower on a regular basis, I could never do that for a small child day in and day out. One of my close friends has a small baby (2 of them now) and I can barely handle hanging out with them because I get so stressed out by their lives now.

I work with kids (I am a math and science tutor), and I really enjoy helping them and spending time with them, but I can’t handle all of the daily routine things that parents have to do. Maybe someday I could see myself adopting a child, but that will require a steady lifestyle and a great partner.



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24 Dec 2016, 7:14 am

I don't know.
I don't care if they have AS or not, but I just don't really know.


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10 Jan 2017, 10:47 am

I am too old now to have kids of my own, but I would like to help children and teenagers with autism and Asperger syndrome. I think I would be good at it, because I could relate to a lot of what they are going through (feeling different, bullying, and the like).



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27 Feb 2017, 6:32 pm

No, I def don't want kids. As far as I'm concerned there are only two reasons why kids can be appealing: always having someone who loves you, and having someone who will remember family memories and care for our pictures, games, books, other items with sentimental value.
All the other things that come with having kids are things I don't want so it's not worth it for me.


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30 Apr 2017, 7:19 pm

No. Kids are the worst std out there.


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30 Jun 2017, 4:30 am

yes :oops:
in the future. can't see it happening in the next 10 years or anything.



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30 Jun 2017, 5:36 am

seaweed wrote:
yes :oops:
in the future. can't see it happening in the next 10 years or anything.


I don't know, Seaweed. I'm not too sure I want to create beings in this kind of world we are living in. I mean it is very risky for them.


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30 Jun 2017, 5:47 am

Muziek wrote:
seaweed wrote:
yes :oops:
in the future. can't see it happening in the next 10 years or anything.


I don't know, Seaweed. I'm not too sure I want to create beings in this kind of world we are living in. I mean it is very risky for them.


ideally i would adopt an autistic child, maybe two.



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10 Jul 2017, 6:12 pm

Of course not...
What a silly question... :P



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16 Jul 2017, 7:36 am

I have a son and while I don't have him, I love him very much.

And why do you think you'd be a horrid parent? As for creating beings in this world that is risky for them, is it not just as risky for them to not have a life and maybe be somewhere ELSE they're unhappy? We all come here for a reason-- to learn, to teach, usually both. I felt the same way as you even AFTER I had my son but since then I'm glad I'm here and my son is here because we're all here for a REASON. And by providing kids you're providing a body for that soul that has a reason to be here. :)



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16 Jul 2017, 11:29 am

CharityGoodyGrace wrote:
We all come here for a reason-- to learn, to teach, usually both. I felt the same way as you even AFTER I had my son but since then I'm glad I'm here and my son is here because we're all here for a REASON. And by providing kids you're providing a body for that soul that has a reason to be here. :)


Providing a body for a soul...<sigh>

Dissociation is a defensive mechanism derived from the evolutionary process...
In essence, it alters a person's reality to protect the individual's emotional state...
Dissociation is an integral ingredient of religious philosophies...

If your emotional state is more important than your rationality, that is your choice and there isn't anything anyone can do to change your mind...
Nor should they unless your beliefs influence you or others to act or think in a destructive way or inhibit the self-actualisation process...

However, emotionalism does not and can not validate any form of inherent meaning of life, the universe and everything...since it is, by definition, out of phase with reality...

Ipso facto...there is no rational reason to bring a child in the world which does not involve self interest...

"The gift of life..."?
I believe the word "oxymoron" is approapriate here...since the "gift" is to oneself for some internal necessity/desire or as a result of some form of selfish/unthinking urge, rather than as a gift to the begotten...surely...

The oracle of truth has spoken... ;)



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27 Jul 2017, 10:20 pm

I have never wanted kids, and I do not think I will ever change my mind about it.



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28 Jul 2017, 5:22 am

I am way to unstable. I have a few conditions with genetic compontes. I would rather be an uncle.