BellaOnline Forums Relationships Married No Kids WTH: Advice to have kids for your longevity??

[i]Men who ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY of raising a family at a young age are more likely to be responsible in other ways. They probably also engage in activities such as: flossing, eating their veggies, saving their money, and carrying health insurance - things that actually DO contribute to longer lifespan.[/i]

That is so strange b/c all the young guys that I remember seeing having kids in their twenties were eating McDonld's/pizza and living on the edge. Then the guys that I see now having kids in their late thirties and forties are still eating McDonald's/pizza b/c their wives stay home and and are so involved in the kids lives that they pick up fast food or have it delivered. I see more pizza deliver cars in my neighborhood...while I am in side cooking organic food???? But I am surely NO expert on what people what kids do.

This is ridiculous! So, women at age 40 and above should have children so that they can live longer, while the children they have will be much more likely to have down's syndrome and a whole host of other developmental/physical disabilities. That's great, that means there will be even more people on the earth (parents who may be too old to care for themselves AND the kids they had who also can't care for themselves) that gov't or society will have to take care of!!

I hear people claim that they do or will lose weight when they have children, and yet on Truemom and dad confessions, everyone is complaining how fat they or their wives are.

I think it's harder for mothers to keep their weight down, and I think I've seen that in studies too. They tend to eat more junk food because their kids see it on tv and ask for it, so they have it around, and they also finish what their kids don't eat.

I think this is such bad advice for the reason Kinderfrei points out, and also just because of overpopulation!!