Comments on: Rich Litter: Is a Big Family the New Luxury Item? http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JFarr http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17113 JFarr Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:50:21 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17113 Really - Pajamas - is this the best you can come up with? Really – Pajamas – is this the best you can come up with?

]]> By: cubanbob http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17112 cubanbob Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:47:28 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17112 Gee considering the taxes I have to pay to support other people's brood of poor children I would not mind having a big enough tax cut so I could afford more of my own although at my age it's probably too late. I do believe Ms. Alkon is having a twinge of envy. Gee considering the taxes I have to pay to support other people’s brood of poor children I would not mind having a big enough tax cut so I could afford more of my own although at my age it’s probably too late.
I do believe Ms. Alkon is having a twinge of envy.

]]> By: Betsy http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17111 Betsy Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:46:20 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17111 I'm reminded of the oft-stated observation that the plural of anecdote is not data. In other words, a handful of socialites bearing a handful of children is not proof - or even a valid observation - of any kind of trend. Even if it were, one can't help but wonder how it is any business of Ms. Alkon's. Did she somehow become the sex police, empowered like a Chinese bureaucrat to determine who may reproduce and how often? Finally, just to be contrarian I'll point out that if ANYONE is entitled to keep having children, it is surely those who can actually afford to have them and raise them without relying on the state (i.e., welfare, AKA - the rest of us) to assist on their behalf. If one has the means and the time, then why NOT have a softball team of children? Ms. Alkon is clearly jealous, but she isn't doing herself any favors by showing her spite. I’m reminded of the oft-stated observation that the plural of anecdote is not data. In other words, a handful of socialites bearing a handful of children is not proof – or even a valid observation – of any kind of trend.

Even if it were, one can’t help but wonder how it is any business of Ms. Alkon’s. Did she somehow become the sex police, empowered like a Chinese bureaucrat to determine who may reproduce and how often?

Finally, just to be contrarian I’ll point out that if ANYONE is entitled to keep having children, it is surely those who can actually afford to have them and raise them without relying on the state (i.e., welfare, AKA – the rest of us) to assist on their behalf. If one has the means and the time, then why NOT have a softball team of children?

Ms. Alkon is clearly jealous, but she isn’t doing herself any favors by showing her spite.

]]> By: Oscar http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17110 Oscar Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:03:20 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17110 I don't understand why Molly Jong-Fast got paid to write this drivel. "Normal" people can't afford to have big families? My wife and I have five kids, and no intentions of stopping yet. I'm a Captain in the Army, surely not poor, but a lot less wealthy than my fellow engineers in the civilian world. My wife is a full-time mom. It's all about living within your means; an obviously dying art as evidenced by the housing/lending debacle. I don’t understand why Molly Jong-Fast got paid to write this drivel. “Normal” people can’t afford to have big families? My wife and I have five kids, and no intentions of stopping yet. I’m a Captain in the Army, surely not poor, but a lot less wealthy than my fellow engineers in the civilian world. My wife is a full-time mom. It’s all about living within your means; an obviously dying art as evidenced by the housing/lending debacle.

]]> By: Betsy http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17109 Betsy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:16:33 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17109 I'm reminded of the oft-stated observation that the plural of anecdote is not data. In other words, a handful of socialites bearing a handful of children is not proof - or even a valid observation - of any kind of trend. Even if it were, one can't help but wonder how it is any business of Ms. Alkon's. Did she somehow become the sex police, empowered like a Chinese bureaucrat to determine who may reproduce and how often? Finally, just to be contrarian I'll point out that if ANYONE is entitled to keep having children, it is surely those who can actually afford to have them and raise them without relying on the state (i.e., welfare, AKA - the rest of us) to assist on their behalf. If one has the means and the time, then why NOT have a softball team of children? Ms. Alkon is clearly jealous, but she isn't doing herself any favors by showing her spite. I’m reminded of the oft-stated observation that the plural of anecdote is not data. In other words, a handful of socialites bearing a handful of children is not proof – or even a valid observation – of any kind of trend.

Even if it were, one can’t help but wonder how it is any business of Ms. Alkon’s. Did she somehow become the sex police, empowered like a Chinese bureaucrat to determine who may reproduce and how often?

Finally, just to be contrarian I’ll point out that if ANYONE is entitled to keep having children, it is surely those who can actually afford to have them and raise them without relying on the state (i.e., welfare, AKA – the rest of us) to assist on their behalf. If one has the means and the time, then why NOT have a softball team of children?

Ms. Alkon is clearly jealous, but she isn’t doing herself any favors by showing her spite.

]]> By: Laura SF http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17108 Laura SF Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:05:29 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17108 I'm wondering if there's a more general "baby boom" happening... I live in SF and have been seeing lots & lots of pregnant women and couples with babies. I've been here for 10 years, and this is definitely new. SF is <i>not</i> a child-friendly place - the "progressives" here think of children as "bad for the planet," and the schools are terrible - so it's quite a change. I think it's great - I silently say "You go!" to all of them... I’m wondering if there’s a more general “baby boom” happening… I live in SF and have been seeing lots & lots of pregnant women and couples with babies. I’ve been here for 10 years, and this is definitely new. SF is not a child-friendly place – the “progressives” here think of children as “bad for the planet,” and the schools are terrible – so it’s quite a change. I think it’s great – I silently say “You go!” to all of them…

]]> By: dianne http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17107 dianne Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:14:01 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17107 We tell our kids that often things are just "misunderstandings". I believe you are having a misunderstanding. Maybe you did not bond with your child, I do not know. Having children is a natural instinct and so is mothering/fathering. It grows the love and need inside ourselves. This is what is supposed to happen. Many women nowadays are so busy I find they did not properly bond with their children. It has become easy to drop them off at daycare or school to daycare so the moms can go be themselves at work. It is sad, because they are giving up time that is so fleeting that you blink and it is over. Your kids will stop bringing you kooky drawings every five minutes, they will stop asking you to read to them at night, they will stop asking for five zillion hugs, they will stop it all. What will you have? No memories, no bond and no love. My daughter has a long drawn out "baby kiss" she calls it. I realize soon she will stop. She is getting older and she will mature and grow out of it. It makes me feel so special. So every time I am leaving the house and she runs up to me to say goodbye, I get ready to be kissed. It is time. Go hug your children and call your mother and thank her. We tell our kids that often things are just “misunderstandings”. I believe you are having a misunderstanding. Maybe you did not bond with your child, I do not know. Having children is a natural instinct and so is mothering/fathering. It grows the love and need inside ourselves. This is what is supposed to happen.

Many women nowadays are so busy I find they did not properly bond with their children. It has become easy to drop them off at daycare or school to daycare so the moms can go be themselves at work. It is sad, because they are giving up time that is so fleeting that you blink and it is over. Your kids will stop bringing you kooky drawings every five minutes, they will stop asking you to read to them at night, they will stop asking for five zillion hugs, they will stop it all. What will you have? No memories, no bond and no love.

My daughter has a long drawn out “baby kiss” she calls it. I realize soon she will stop. She is getting older and she will mature and grow out of it. It makes me feel so special. So every time I am leaving the house and she runs up to me to say goodbye, I get ready to be kissed.

It is time. Go hug your children and call your mother and thank her.

]]> By: josie http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17106 josie Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:58:19 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17106 Being #13 out of 13 I wouldn't call 3,4, 5 or 6 a BIG family. Is 1 or 2 (or none like the woman in the UK who wants to minimize her carbon footprint) now the acceptable prescribed # of children to have according to Amy and Molly? Anyway, the article is pretty mean spirited and full of vinegar. I suggest Amy Alkon and Molly Jong get a life. Being #13 out of 13 I wouldn’t call 3,4, 5 or 6 a BIG family. Is 1 or 2 (or none like the woman in the UK who wants to minimize her carbon footprint) now the acceptable prescribed # of children to have according to Amy and Molly?

Anyway, the article is pretty mean spirited and full of vinegar. I suggest Amy Alkon and Molly Jong get a life.

]]> By: Fat Man http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17105 Fat Man Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:45:32 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17105 As Mark Steyn reminded us: the future belongs to those who show up. Ms. J-F's subjects are the opposite of the English woman who had her self sterilized in order to save the planet. Molly: May your tribe increase. Amy: take a pill and chill out. As Mark Steyn reminded us: the future belongs to those who show up. Ms. J-F’s subjects are the opposite of the English woman who had her self sterilized in order to save the planet. Molly: May your tribe increase.

Amy: take a pill and chill out.

]]> By: Dr. Ellen http://pjmedia.com/blog/rich_litter/#comment-17104 Dr. Ellen Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:02:57 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/rich-litter-is-a-big-family-the-new-luxury-item/#comment-17104 In agrarian times, nails were <i>expensive</i> and you didn't leave them around in dungheaps for kids to step on. You sent the kids into the dungheaps to find and retrieve them. In agrarian times, nails were expensive and you didn’t leave them around in dungheaps for kids to step on. You sent the kids into the dungheaps to find and retrieve them.

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