Not in America we don’t. Pay attention some time to how many comments you hear about children and how many of them are negative. “You wouldn’t think him sweet if you lived with him.” “We were scared. We thought we had had an accident.” “Aren’t you glad it’s school time again, mommy?” “Better you're pregnant than me!” “I’m getting fixed (having children is being broken, you see)”
There is definitely a prejudice against large families, especially. From the number of spaces allotted for children on forms to how hard it is to find a big enough table at a restaurant.
The contempt shown to parents of large families
“Rich countries, by contrast, prefer to increase their standard of living rather than the number of the living…Why is it that even many synagogues today are not children friendly? Why are people impressed that Jay Leno owns 20 motorcycles, but disgusted that some religious families choose to have 10 children?”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49074
The hardest part of my job is that everyone lies about parenting
“What’s interesting is the part where parents love their kids but don’t love being with them on a daily basis. It’s very scary to write. But I’m telling you, if the feeling weren’t ubiquitous then there would be no one to be in middle management working 9-5 because they’d all be home with their kids, doing freelance work after bedtime…People are choosing to go to work rather than stay with their kids all day. But no one talks about making this choice …”
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/06/10/the-hardest-part-of-my-job-is-that-everyone-lies-about-parenting/#comments
How could you not want more of these?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk&feature=related
There is definitely a prejudice against large families, especially. From the number of spaces allotted for children on forms to how hard it is to find a big enough table at a restaurant.
The contempt shown to parents of large families
“Rich countries, by contrast, prefer to increase their standard of living rather than the number of the living…Why is it that even many synagogues today are not children friendly? Why are people impressed that Jay Leno owns 20 motorcycles, but disgusted that some religious families choose to have 10 children?”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49074
The hardest part of my job is that everyone lies about parenting
“What’s interesting is the part where parents love their kids but don’t love being with them on a daily basis. It’s very scary to write. But I’m telling you, if the feeling weren’t ubiquitous then there would be no one to be in middle management working 9-5 because they’d all be home with their kids, doing freelance work after bedtime…People are choosing to go to work rather than stay with their kids all day. But no one talks about making this choice …”
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/06/10/the-hardest-part-of-my-job-is-that-everyone-lies-about-parenting/#comments
How could you not want more of these?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk&feature=related
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