If you had to do it all over again would you...

[tigercat]

have had children? I don't want this to be a forum on who should and shouldn't have children just interested. Read an old Ann Landers column in which she asked the question and the results were that 70% of people would not have children if they could do it over again.
Now me, I would do it over again in a heartbeat. They have been a trial, a joy, a headache and the best thing I have ever done with my life.
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[DocRafiki]

70%???? What segment of the population was this taken from?

I don't have kids, so no answer from me.

 

[tigercat]

Ann Landers an advice columnist posted it in her column which is all over. I was thinking that the people that would do it all over again were too busy doing things with their kids to answer but I don't know.
tigercat

 

[Lars624]

No question about it..........it'd do it again in a second!

 

[Princess Michelle]

That's a lot of people! That's very sad actually...

 

[ugadog99]

Even though I am a widowed mom who bears all the stress of childrearing, yes, I wouldn't think twice about being a mom. Seventy percent seems very high. Maybe they asked these people on a very bad day.

 

[C.Ann]

Not have kids?????????

Then I wouldn't have my absolutely, positively, ADORABLE granddaughter!!!!!!

I'd have a ZILLION kids to get her!!

 

[Kirby]

Yes, I would have children. Probably a little sooner than I did, but I would have them.

 

[ennazus]

I don't even have to think about it! I'd do it all over again to find the joy I do with my ds.

 

[luvmy2sams]

Absolutely. I can't even imagine life without my daughter.

 

[CamColt]

While I admit I have some days when I say "Remind me why we had kids!!!!", deep down I would do it again in a heartbeat. They can fight 23 1/2 hours out of the day(and usually do ) but seeing them in that one 1/2 hour when they are playing nice together, or the oldest is trying to teach the youngest something, or the youngest is showing the oldest something HE did, makes my heart melt and makes it all worth it...even if I dont always remember that at the tough times.

 

[browneyes]

Yes, I would. My kids drive me crazy, but my life would be empty without them.

 

[Eeyore2U]

In a New York minute. Maybe even two, lol!!

 

[shep]

I originally didn't want kids but now..I'm addicted to them...

 

[nancy679]

Absolutely YES YES YES---I always knew I would be a mom.

 

[BedKnobbery2]

I would without a single doubt have my kids again. They are fabulous human beings, I can't imagine this world without them!!!

 

[nativetxn]

Yes I would. The only thing I would change, if I could, is that I would have had more than one child.

 

[luv2nascar]

That's not even a question that should be asked
I can't even believe a parent would say if I had to
do it over again I would not

That's like the parent who is suing her doctor because she
had a baby with down syndrome & she feels she was not
given the chance to have an abortion (I guess they didn't
know there was something wrong with the baby)
So she would have done something different????
Great mother.

What kind of parents are these???????????

 

[Jennyfyar]

Do it all over? Of course! The only thing I would do differently is have them closer together. My DD's are 3 1/2 years apart.

 

[nhrenee]

My life wouldn't be complete without my kids! They're terrific!!