Certainly, deciding to become a parent is not a choice to be taken lightly. As parents of 3 kids (born within 4 years), we have long felt disassociated from most of our friends who choose to remain childless. Unfortunately, these friends see only the negative aspects of parenting. They see the sacrifices we make of time, money, freedom and lifestyle and they recoil. I wish they could better understand the joy of being part of another person's life in this special way and that the paybacks for us are enormous in terms of love, laughter and growth as a person.
Macleans almost certainly aimed for big reactions/magazine sales, but I take real issue with an editor who thinks putting "THE CASE AGAINST HAVING KIDS" across the front page is appropriate. My children ARE people! (People who can, incidently, read which is why I am recycling this magazine) I can't think of another group which could be acceptably inserted into a sentance like that without the outcry being deafening. (Maybe even human rights tribunal deafening?)