MB wrote a laudable post on disciplining our children which includes a link to an article about Beyond Parental Control Orders.

Seriously. If you are going to run to the authorities or an external third party every single time your child does something not right, you might as well not have children. Seriously. Tie your tubes, go on permanent birth control, whatever.

I am reminded of the comment I left on Pat Law’s blog (incidentally, a very interesting read). People have kids for the sake of having kids. The very motivator of having kids, is itself, a mind bloggling difference in many, it seems.

I have kids for the sheer joy and frustration of having kids. When you think about it, it’s rather selfish of us to procreate in the first place, as seeing that 1. they don’t have a choice of being born into this world (what a violation of human rights!) 2. it’s just vile ego stoking by producing genetic clones of ourselves and 3. where else do you get unconditional love and adoration?

Having said that, if you choose to have kids, for God’s sake (literally and figuratively), you owe it to them to be responsible for them. They did not choose to be born, you know.