Does your d wonder/worry re work and family life? article and questions

Parent Cafe
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<p>One teenage girl’s perspective - </p>

<p>I don’t really want children, because I don’t want to invest the time in being pregnant and taking care of them. I think if one could have children that “popped out” in their mid-teens, maybe I’d be interested… but the idea of having small children just isn’t palatable to me. On the other hand, I’d probably want children if I was male, since my life wouldn’t be so entangled in their rearing.</p>

<p>I’d rather make a lot of money, have a nice house and expensive car than have expensive, whiny kids (my aversion to this is from personal experience - I am definitely a very expensive, very whiny kid myself). ;)</p>

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<p>I dont see the work vs kids as a male vs female issue
I don’t think that woman who wants to work at her career or even at a job is becoming a man.
I do think that many businesses need to become more not just family friendly but life friendly for our societies sake. Everyone needs to have time to enjoy their life, look at Europe- much more time off- much happier workers
If two married workers choose to have a family( & opt to have the woman do most of the parenting) “just because that is the way we did it in the idealized 50’s” does not mean it is written in stone.</p>