<p>I guess I do think life is so hard that just getting through the day in a constructive manner is noble. Sorry if my rhetoric is too florid.</p>
<p>I like the reminder that most women ( including me) don’t have economic choice. And our economy may be taking choices away.</p>
<p>I’m not sure that most people have many choices anyway, but the question if free will us something to debate another time.</p>
<p>I really don’t care about how other people evaluate my life either, but I am empathic and sensitive to what others feel. I think it’s more comfortable to live in a community that values a plurality of lifestyles than in a community that devalues some lifestyles. I just like the people better, independent if the judgments about me.</p>
<p>Zoozermom: I think your note was lovely.</p>
<p>And I do think we’re all connected, whether we experience it directly or not.</p>
<p>Of course the biggest issue is the women who need jobs to feed, house and clothe their children and are unemployed.</p>
<p>And here we get back to the heart of the article. Many young people aren’t convinced that the means to provide for their children will always be there, and maybe they are right to make this a factor in their decision whether or not to have children.</p>