Reposted from alt.poly

[firecat]

Apropos of a couple of discussions on wiscon lately I want to express the following, which I posted in alt.polyamory in a thread about said discussions:

Every time I try to describe my feelings about children it boils down to "Um...they are people." As with adults, I have all sorts of superficial thoughts about the ones I don't know - positive, neutral, suspicious, whatever, depending on my mood and their behavior in the moment - and I tend to like the ones I know, especially if they take an interest in me.

Also, I think that hate speech directed at any people is ugly.

For the record, I don't have or want children of my own.

Comments

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

I don't understand the anti-kid vitriol either, and I don't have any children myself.

I'm wondering if it could be from people who may have been forced to look after younger siblings or babysit when they were very young. That might do it to you. Your other friends get to have fun, but you have to stay home with screaming little siblings.