One thing to take into account is other peoples’ kids vs. your kid. It seems like a lot of people like their own kids in particular, not kids in general. Your test only checks how you feel about kids in general.
Since part of this is genetic, it would be interesting to hear how your girlfriend felt about taking care of her sister’s kids (and if you have any close relatives with kids, an experiment taking care of them might be an interesting data point).
Although I agree with you that if you don’t think your want kids and all of the evidence points against you wanting kids, then not having kids is a good plan.
Yes. Babies are cute but also require a lot of stressful work. When they are your babies, an important part of the entire experience is knowing that this shall pass and that it is a necessary step towards having older children, which are less stressful. You also get some pleasure from watching the child grow up and gain skills, which won’t happen much in a week.
Yeah that makes sense about other people’s kids vs your own kids. My thoughts on this are similar to my thoughts about Justis’ point about how having kids is likely to transform you: it’s probably true that there’s a difference but it’s also probably true that the difference isn’t large enough such that babysitting is unlikely to be helpful.
One thing to take into account is other peoples’ kids vs. your kid. It seems like a lot of people like their own kids in particular, not kids in general. Your test only checks how you feel about kids in general.
Since part of this is genetic, it would be interesting to hear how your girlfriend felt about taking care of her sister’s kids (and if you have any close relatives with kids, an experiment taking care of them might be an interesting data point).
Although I agree with you that if you don’t think your want kids and all of the evidence points against you wanting kids, then not having kids is a good plan.
Yes. Babies are cute but also require a lot of stressful work. When they are your babies, an important part of the entire experience is knowing that this shall pass and that it is a necessary step towards having older children, which are less stressful. You also get some pleasure from watching the child grow up and gain skills, which won’t happen much in a week.
Yeah that makes sense about other people’s kids vs your own kids. My thoughts on this are similar to my thoughts about Justis’ point about how having kids is likely to transform you: it’s probably true that there’s a difference but it’s also probably true that the difference isn’t large enough such that babysitting is unlikely to be helpful.