This is more of a personal subject for me. It's one that I don't often blog about, but I think it's important all the same.
You see, I have no desire to have children of my own. It's not that I hate them or don't like them. Granted, sometimes when I'm in a public place where many children are present, noise levels can become unbearable to the point where I'm covering my ears. But the reason I don't wish to have children has largely to do with the fact that my significant other and I both have disabilities that would make properly raising them at this day and age impossible.
To those of you who have children today, my hat's off to you. I don't see how you do it, with schools being little more than child prisons that force standardized tests down their throats, opportunities for a better future disappearing because of abject corporate CEO and shareholder greed, and many other things that work against our best interests, I have no doubt that child rearing is a difficult thing to navigate.
I also do not wish to have children because of the circumstances surrounding my own upbringing. I lost my dad at a young age due to years of heavy drinking and my mom, working many jobs among other things wasn't around much to get me the help I desperately needed then.
I feel that it was because of this that I had a late start in my adult life. To be honest, I didn't get much help at all until I started college. Sure, it was a local community college, but for what it's worth, the faculty and the office for students with disabilities were some of the most caring people around.
It was actually around this time I met my significant other. It started off slow at first, but after a while we were engaged. Her parents and other family members were very accepting, although a bit cautious at first. In any case, I've never known a more supportive group of people. It's obvious they want the best for both of us.
Even with all that, children are still out of the question for me. I don't have the courage to raise kids in a country like ours.
See you around,
Homer