09-17-2012, 08:41 PM
All the time.
There's also a depression that can afflict mothers right after the baby is born that is supposed to be caused by fluctuating hormones and can even lead mothers to kill their children, but IIRC this isn't supposed to last more than a couple of years at most (though they could be pregnant again by then) and often less than a couple of months. (The wrong mix of psyche meds can also lead to uncaring to outright homicidal parents).
And plenty of parents have kids as accessories or with a specific agenda in mind. It used to be normal to have kids for the free unskilled but important labor. Though that doesn't seem normal today (at least not in first world countries) kids are still gotten from everything to "make him marry me" to "prove I'm not gay" to pleasing God (there's a Bible verse that says a woman shall be saved by giving birth and some take it literally) to all kinds of bennies. There are reasons even more selfish like back when the media focused on teens trying to get pregnant (one was so bad she had sex with street people she didn't know in the hopes of conception) and when asked why they basically described all the attention expecting and new moms got (that is, they wanted people to "ooh and aww" over them, and that's the ONLY reason). Though one kid also said she wanted someone who'd love her unconditionally which made me laugh and think she must be the youngest or only child (and we'll see who has to show unconditional love when she has to get up at 2 AM again to feed or change a diaper).
Horrifically I heard of one guy who was conceived by rape and the woman had him because her religious beliefs wouldn't allow emergency contraception or abortion and tortured him as he grew up to punish him for what the rapist did to her (and she certainly let him know he was unwanted and the product of rape). :frown:
Btw, I've also heard a distressing amount from people who had been adopted and I believe at least a few adopt not only for the reasons above but also just to get a child to feel big bullying & abusing (and perhaps punishing for being a reminder one or both parents can't naturally conceive?)
There's also a depression that can afflict mothers right after the baby is born that is supposed to be caused by fluctuating hormones and can even lead mothers to kill their children, but IIRC this isn't supposed to last more than a couple of years at most (though they could be pregnant again by then) and often less than a couple of months. (The wrong mix of psyche meds can also lead to uncaring to outright homicidal parents).
And plenty of parents have kids as accessories or with a specific agenda in mind. It used to be normal to have kids for the free unskilled but important labor. Though that doesn't seem normal today (at least not in first world countries) kids are still gotten from everything to "make him marry me" to "prove I'm not gay" to pleasing God (there's a Bible verse that says a woman shall be saved by giving birth and some take it literally) to all kinds of bennies. There are reasons even more selfish like back when the media focused on teens trying to get pregnant (one was so bad she had sex with street people she didn't know in the hopes of conception) and when asked why they basically described all the attention expecting and new moms got (that is, they wanted people to "ooh and aww" over them, and that's the ONLY reason). Though one kid also said she wanted someone who'd love her unconditionally which made me laugh and think she must be the youngest or only child (and we'll see who has to show unconditional love when she has to get up at 2 AM again to feed or change a diaper).
Horrifically I heard of one guy who was conceived by rape and the woman had him because her religious beliefs wouldn't allow emergency contraception or abortion and tortured him as he grew up to punish him for what the rapist did to her (and she certainly let him know he was unwanted and the product of rape). :frown:
Btw, I've also heard a distressing amount from people who had been adopted and I believe at least a few adopt not only for the reasons above but also just to get a child to feel big bullying & abusing (and perhaps punishing for being a reminder one or both parents can't naturally conceive?)
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