Advice BNOB can get behind!
Advice columnist "Ask Amy" has some good advice, including buying "Baby Not on Board," for a childfree couple who is getting pressured by their family. Thanks, Amy!
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In her article "Kids: Bad investments, big returns," MSN Money columnist MP Dunleavy did a detailed cost-benefit analysis of having a child. The child lost:
Most people see children as a joy, a priceless gift -- and so they are. But those powerful emotions make it hard to weigh what that extra $269,000, deposited into a retirement account -- instead of soccer lessons -- might yield.
Needless to say, Dunleavy's article stirred up a poop storm among parents, who wrote angry letters chiding Dunleavy for daring to consider the economics of childrearing. Most fascinatingly, many say money should never be a consideration when deciding to have children. Never? It seems to me at the very least a parent should consider whether they are financially able to provide for their child over a lifetime before popping one out. To not do so is irresponsible.
If you'd like to add the childfree perspective to this mix, you can email investor@microsoft.com.
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In her article "Kids: Bad investments, big returns," MSN Money columnist MP Dunleavy did a detailed cost-benefit analysis of having a child. The child lost:
Most people see children as a joy, a priceless gift -- and so they are. But those powerful emotions make it hard to weigh what that extra $269,000, deposited into a retirement account -- instead of soccer lessons -- might yield.
Needless to say, Dunleavy's article stirred up a poop storm among parents, who wrote angry letters chiding Dunleavy for daring to consider the economics of childrearing. Most fascinatingly, many say money should never be a consideration when deciding to have children. Never? It seems to me at the very least a parent should consider whether they are financially able to provide for their child over a lifetime before popping one out. To not do so is irresponsible.
If you'd like to add the childfree perspective to this mix, you can email investor@microsoft.com.
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1 Comments:
Wow, she's really copped it! I guess people who never questioned having kids are really into attacking people who think it through. Most of the respondents ignored the last bit of the article - she wants kids for the 'right reasons' after all.
Funnily enough, I bet these people would be just as quick to condemn a woman on welfare for having a kid.
Why so much hate people?
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