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No Kids, No Problem: 40 Hilariously Spot-On Memes And Jokes About The Childfree Life (New Pics)
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Kids aren't for everyone. Some people simply have different priorities and goals that do not align with raising children. To be specific, a 2022 Michigan State University study found that 21.64% of American adults are choosing to be childfree.
Instead of condemning them, like many like to do, and saying that they will regret this after some time, let's try to understand this group instead. For that, the subreddit 'Childfree' is the perfect resource.
Created back in 2009, it now unites 1.5 million members whose posts provide a better understanding of what happens after you make this life decision.
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So the big question is: do people later regret not having children? They might not.
"[We] found no evidence that older childfree adults experience any more life regret than older parents,” Jennifer Watling Neal, the co-author of the aforementioned Michigan State University study, said.
“In fact, older parents were slightly more likely to want to change something about their life.”
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Luke Branwen 1 year ago
I've seen some tradwife post something like "I feel bad for girls in their 20s who are single and childless while I'm married with two kids at 21" and the whole Tumblr agreed her life sounds like hell.
Sometimes the other party might doubt their course, too. YouGov data from 2021 found that 1 in 12 British parents (8%) currently regret having kids.
Younger parents aged 25 to 34 (one imagines the most sleep-deprived group) were the most likely to feel his way, while those aged 55 and over were the least regretful.
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Similarly, a 2013 Gallup survey found that around 7% of American parents older than 45 wouldn’t have any kids if they “had to do it over again.”
Parents in Germany seem exceptionally unhappy: a study discovered that 19% of German mothers and 20% of fathers say that if they could decide again, they would not want to have any more children.
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CanadianDimes 1 year ago
Omg yes, I hate that! I'm single and have no kids and I still have a family! Just because they don't live with me doesn't mean they are not my family.
We reached out to the moderators of the subreddit, and one of them, Mel, agreed to tell us more about it.
They explained to Bored Panda that it's important to understand that "we're not the right community for parents to wax lyrical about their kids, and we're not here to provide an emotional labor 'village' for parents."
"We see limited interactions between parents and childfree people on our subreddit, and we lock comments should they become uncivil," Mel added. "We acknowledge that we are one of the bigger online childfree-centered communities, and one of our primary aims is to maintain a safe space for childfree people."
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Elio 1 year ago
Oh look, parenting advice from the dude in charge of the religious institution that has frequent scandals for protecting pedophiles and giving them access to victims.
Jaya 1 year ago (edited)
With our current lifestyle, there are way more humans than the earth can handle. And since people aren't really motivated to drastically change their lifestyle, it is absolutely necessary to bring less children into this world. As long as there are so many people having too many kids, the people who choose not to have kids are actually doing the responsible thing. But of course, if less Christians have kids, there will be less children growing up to become Christians, that's what this is really about, it's about the church losing power.
nm 1 year ago
The problem is that even if are less Christians on earth, the Muslims are multiplying and they'll compensate. In 30 years they'll will be equal numbers.
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Phil Vaive 1 year ago
Counterpoint: having kids is the ultimate selfish act. You create a being specifically because YOU want to have someone to love, and to have them love you and care for you in your old age.
Snorky The Pig 1 year ago
Here come the downvotes, but it is also selfish in the sense that we have 8 billion people and need less, not more. We are killing the planet.
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Natalie H 1 year ago
Choosing NOT to have kids IS NOT selfish. Pestering/criticizing SOMEONE ELSE to make a Lifelong decision & have kids IS VERY SELFISH. Everyone has the right to be happy & make their own personal life choices, which are none of anyone else’s business. If someone else wants a kid in their life so bad, they can have their own/adopt/be a mentor. Tell them there are THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of kids with no parents waiting to be adopted/fostered and if they REALLY care, they can make a difference in a child’s life by committing themselves to the children in need who are already in the world, instead of bugging YOU. ☮️💟
Julie Schulz 1 year ago
I actually think it's far more selfish to bring children into this world that you don't want, don't love or take care of properly. Not that all parents do this, obviously, but there's a (sadly) large number of them who do.
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Elio 1 year ago
Think of the pedophile priests! Who will they molest if people have less kids?
Load More Replies... Leolynn Cauthron 1 year ago
Pope Francis was a gangbanger before he became a Priest. I wouldn’t lay bets on his being a virgin. Unless Catholic magic somehow ‘restored’ his virginity.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Before he entered the seminary, Francis spent several years as a bouncer in an Argentine night club. The virginity rate among bouncers is rather low.
Elio 1 year ago
I did not know that. Allow me to provide a correction: Shut your wh*re mouth, Pope Francis.
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TMoxraaaar 1 year ago
I know Tim Minchin's pope song was aimed at Benedict but YOU TOO Francis.
The ultimate takeaway from all the research and people's activity on the subreddit could be that having kids isn't good or bad per se. It may sound cliché but there is more than one way to live a happy and fulfilling life.
Parenthood should be a choice. Not an inevitable duty.
As my colleague Jonas wrote in our earlier publication on the subreddit 'Childfree', the grown-up thing to do is to respect each other, even if we might do things differently.
As for the future of 'Childfree,' Mel said the moderators anticipate the subreddit will "hold steady" for some time, and continue to see slow but consistent growth.
"We do every so often see trends and changes in posted content and we expect these ebbs and flows to continue. For example, some weeks I'll have 20 new submissions for the childfree-friendly doctors list and others I'll have 3," they explained.
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Jessica Cooney 1 year ago
So very true. I hate all the screeching and screaming for no reason.
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Jenny Hornig 1 year ago
Sometimes, when my boyfriend and I have our Familyday on Sundays, I look at him, sitting in front of his playstation in cozy clothes and me, laptop on my legs and no pants, both of us munching on snacks, our cats peacefully sleeping around us, and think: "A kid would really ruin this"
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Dumpster Fire 1 year ago
I read that wrong. I read it as -SEX WHENEVER YOU WANT (DOES NOT INCLUDE S****Y F*****G KIDS), one sentence.
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whodunnitfan2013 1 year ago
Since my hysterectomy, I laugh when going past the baby needs, family planning, and pad/tampon aisles.
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Lyone Fein 1 year ago
Every once in a while I look around and I just can't believe people are still having children.
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sturmwesen 1 year ago
I call them glue kids if the parents try to fix their broken relationship by having a baby. They seldom work. I know some one who is trying for glue kid #2 ... at this point I am taking bets.
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Dark Pearl 1 year ago
PARKS AND RECREATION <3333333333333 (also same, kids make things Gross with a capital G)
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Chris Jones 1 year ago
I live in a small close of 12 houses. About half have children. Yet they're the ones driving in fast without worrying about what might be in the road. Wonder if it's because they know where their kids are and don't care about anyone elses.
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What do you think ?
marianne eliza 1 year ago
I (63F) have no regrets. And btw, none of my 3 sibs have kids either. After what we put our parents through why would we want to do that to ourselves?
shanila.pheonix_ 1 year ago
its just personal opinions. i love children and babies, but i dont want any of my own. do what you want, thats all
AndThenICommented 1 year ago
I love a good non children joke even though I have them. However, I think threatening to to ‘throw rocks’ at a being making noise should be considered offensive. The ‘joke’ specifically singles out a being as less than another (‘I would throw rocks but I don’t want to hit the dog [who is also making noise]). This joke is currently #2 on the list so it’s a popular sentiment. Is it really okay to joke about child violence just because someone is ‘child free’? There can be some funny non children jokes - having more money, more sleep, etc. Even better if those telling the jokes understand those are just stereotypes. However, looking at the comments of these articles can be quite scary. The sentiment boils down to intolerance and even violence towards a subgroup of vulnerable people.
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StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 1 year ago
I won’t be having kids when I get older (asexual), but I think at some point, when I’m really mature and have taken care of a dog, I’d like to adopt. Or foster kids. So I can give them a happy life for the time we have together
Lydsylou 1 year ago
I agree I would love to give a kid a better life and I am asexual also so don't want my own
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Ambyr Miller 1 year ago
I think it's the ones joking about harming OTHER PEOPLE'S children that cross the line. "I'd throw a rock or something but I might hit the dog," "speed up so we might run over a child," etc.... disgusting.
Daya Meyer 1 year ago
"You will regret it later if you don't have kids." Well, maybe. But what is if I have kids and I regret that? I love kids and I love my niece and nephew. But I am also happy to leave them with their parents and being back in my childfree, quiet home.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I guess it all comes down to some people wanting kids and some not wanting kids. I praise the luck that let me be born in a time and in a society, where I could choose to not have any. I am 70 years and stille happy to know, that I didn't have any. But then I always thought, that if the meaning of life was to procreate, it didn't seem like much of a meaning or much of a life.
Leaf 1 year ago
Do you know how often childfree people get told they'll change their minds? Or that we are being selfish by not having children? Or who is going to take care of you when you're older? We get mean and condescending comments all the time. If you can't handle the childfree jokes don't look at them.
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marianne eliza 1 year ago
I (63F) have no regrets. And btw, none of my 3 sibs have kids either. After what we put our parents through why would we want to do that to ourselves?
shanila.pheonix_ 1 year ago
its just personal opinions. i love children and babies, but i dont want any of my own. do what you want, thats all
AndThenICommented 1 year ago
I love a good non children joke even though I have them. However, I think threatening to to ‘throw rocks’ at a being making noise should be considered offensive. The ‘joke’ specifically singles out a being as less than another (‘I would throw rocks but I don’t want to hit the dog [who is also making noise]). This joke is currently #2 on the list so it’s a popular sentiment. Is it really okay to joke about child violence just because someone is ‘child free’? There can be some funny non children jokes - having more money, more sleep, etc. Even better if those telling the jokes understand those are just stereotypes. However, looking at the comments of these articles can be quite scary. The sentiment boils down to intolerance and even violence towards a subgroup of vulnerable people.
Load More Replies... StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 1 year ago
I won’t be having kids when I get older (asexual), but I think at some point, when I’m really mature and have taken care of a dog, I’d like to adopt. Or foster kids. So I can give them a happy life for the time we have together
Lydsylou 1 year ago
I agree I would love to give a kid a better life and I am asexual also so don't want my own
Load More Replies... Ambyr Miller 1 year ago
I think it's the ones joking about harming OTHER PEOPLE'S children that cross the line. "I'd throw a rock or something but I might hit the dog," "speed up so we might run over a child," etc.... disgusting.
Daya Meyer 1 year ago
"You will regret it later if you don't have kids." Well, maybe. But what is if I have kids and I regret that? I love kids and I love my niece and nephew. But I am also happy to leave them with their parents and being back in my childfree, quiet home.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I guess it all comes down to some people wanting kids and some not wanting kids. I praise the luck that let me be born in a time and in a society, where I could choose to not have any. I am 70 years and stille happy to know, that I didn't have any. But then I always thought, that if the meaning of life was to procreate, it didn't seem like much of a meaning or much of a life.
Leaf 1 year ago
Do you know how often childfree people get told they'll change their minds? Or that we are being selfish by not having children? Or who is going to take care of you when you're older? We get mean and condescending comments all the time. If you can't handle the childfree jokes don't look at them.
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