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Quote From: engineer

I am so tired of people whining about their kids! If you can't take control of kids, DON'T HAVE THEM! No one forced you to have them, and YOU decided to keep them after they were born. Saying "I can't keep constant control of my three kids" is unacceptable. They are YOUR kids. Not mine, not the person sitting next to you, not the other patrons in a restaurant. YOUR kids. If you can't control them when you go out, either hire a sitter or stay at home. When you choose to be a parent, you are to take responsibility for that choice. And how dare anyone says that us childless adults don't understand. How did you feel before you had kids? Or does having children cause memory loss? I have to wonder that sometimes. Being a parent is a CHOICE. If you get pregnant by accident or God forbid, by a horrible crime, and you choose to keep the baby, that is the CHOICE you have made. And when making choices people have to accept the responsibilities and consequences of those actions. Just like the woman who got pregnant at 17. It is up to her NOT to have sex. Not the school's to pass out condoms. I'm not having sex. You know why? I don't want to risk getting pregnant! Birth control or condoms are not 100%. Abstinence is. My boyfriend and I know the consequences. And we certainly don't want children at this time! I say, use your head instead of your hormones! And as far as breastfeeing, I believe that is a special bonding time between mother and child, not between mother, child, and everyone else around, so please to somewhere not so public (like a bathroom stall with a towel if necessary) or pump your breast milk at home and bring it in a bottle. I have friends who have children, and they agree with my take on this subject. They even saw the show before I did and taped it for me so I could see it!