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This article is from the Good Things About
Having Kids FAQ, by Benjamin V.C. Collins,
collins@campus.mlc.edu with numerous contributions by others.
32 Good Having Kids Answer
I never had that "hunger" to have a child. I had an abortion once because I
didn't think our marriage was sound enough to follow through.
It wasn't until I was 39 that I considered having a child...but this
year has been the happiest of my life. We share so much joy, and it's true,
the time-consuming, messy, frustrating tasks are different, if you're doing
them for your own child.
One needs support, lots of it, and misc.kids provides a great deal.
One of the nicest parts of having a child is the adult friends I've made who
have kids around Anna's age. And, also, it's such a joyful, universal
experience to have a baby. Everyone wants to talk to you, and if you filter
out the yoyos who give you whiny, down talk, you can enjoy the insights of
other parents and the admiration ofnon-parents. We live in student housing,
with families from all over the world, and baby Anna has provoked conver-
sations with people from Australia to Turkestan, Gambia to Korea. Babies
are babies, but other cultures' practices are so interesting.
They do grow and change so fast that it's like trying to catch one
of those blooms-every-100-years cacti (I just came back from Phoenix...).
I wish you much happiness, Avern.
Ruth Rosen Greenwood rgreenwo@indiana.edu
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