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  Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 11:10PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  I love kids, I've always enjoy playing/looking after kids, even when i was 10, I did a good job at looking after those younger then me and I've always imagined I'd be a Dad one day.
  
  A very close friend of mine who had just moved back to new zealand had recently had their first kid, even through msn I could sense how proud and happy he is to be a dad. When I first started in my job he was very much like an older brother to me. he taught me a lot while we had a good laugh and got into a whole bunch of trouble. from that alone I know him and his girlfriend will be a fantastic parents.
  
  Unfortunately that can't be said about everyone. I see far too many supposedly parents around me who can barely look after themselves. I actually know people who deliberately get pregnant to get a freaking council flat, they actually use a kid as a TOOL to get a flat just so they can be a lazy S.O.B without having to work a day in their lives. I also know women who delibrately get pregnant in an attempt to keep their man. Now, i don't know about you, but in my eyes, you have a kid because you want to be a parent, it's not something you do to gain anything from, if anything you'll be doing an awfully large amount of giving for the rest of your life.
  
  I have been fortuanate enough to have extremely supportive parents, I grew up in a loving home where my parents supported me in whatever I wanted to do. This was not something I've taken for granted, I had always knew of my luck. Too often do I hear/read stories how young children have been treated badly by their own parents/guardian/teachers and other adults in supposedly position of trust... each time i hear such stories it fills me with anger and sadness, how can anyone treat another human being so badly? let alone a child who came into this world with such innocencey?
  
  If I could put down one rule for all mankind, I would make it so EVERYONE would have to take a test before they're allowed to have kids, far too many people are unfit to be parents. either financially or mentally. I'm not saying they're not allowed to have sex, just use a condom!
  
  I like sex as much as the next guy, but if it means I could risk having a kid before I know I'm ready then I'm gonna keep it in my pants call me an idiot, pussy whatever.... I'm not gonna risk it until i know I'm emotionally, financially and mentally ready.
  
  Sorry to rant, but this is something i feel very strongly about. If you bring a child to this world, make sure you can do a good job.

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