tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856856486973082477.post4134871764207519933..comments2023-10-06T18:24:13.540+01:00Comments on Sinner Saved: Anti-child culture?Saved Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366387784640048630noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856856486973082477.post-91997188089076557892009-08-17T07:16:56.091+01:002009-08-17T07:16:56.091+01:00Amen to your post! Now that I'm pregnant with ...Amen to your post! Now that I'm pregnant with #2, I can't believe how many times I've already heard "so now you're done having kids, right?" - incredible. I simply put those people off by telling them we'll stop when we have an ugly one ;)<br /><br />As for the Italians.. they do seem to love children, but I'd dare to say it's VERY superficial. Like the old man who pinches a little boy's cheeks kinda superficial. Everyone loves to pinch your kid and say how beautiful it is, but the sad reality is that birth rates are now 0,9 kid per family! <br /><br />Most people want a kid, but definately no siblings. Then they tend to spoil their little one absolutely rotten.. honestly, I was shocked to see how much STUFF those kids are given, and how parents use that as an argument not to be able to afford two. <br /><br />I once heard Voddie Baucham say that Italy will be a muslim nation in 50 years, because of their birthrates compared to that of muslim immigrants, who average on 6 kids per family.<br /><br />Greetings from the netherlands! ;)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021892170202864510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856856486973082477.post-53615107903238776702009-08-12T16:23:13.517+01:002009-08-12T16:23:13.517+01:00Thanks for that link Clare, it's interesting t...Thanks for that link Clare, it's interesting that the absence of children was portrayed as such a dreadful thing.Saved Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05366387784640048630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856856486973082477.post-36756198465459653812009-08-10T00:49:41.407+01:002009-08-10T00:49:41.407+01:00Oh, this is a very interesting observation.
I woul...Oh, this is a very interesting observation.<br />I would add my own, Irish catholic, culture to that. I've always found Ireland to be much more relaxed and appreciative of children that the UK.<br /><br />Looking at my own children, who range from 19 years down to 1, with another on the way, I can attest to the impact the multi generational family has on the prevailing attitudes to young children.<br />My older two are very relaxed with little children, they find them delightful and are not repulsed by their messes. Rather, they find great humour and sweetness in the company of little children and are enormously protective of their vulnerabilty.<br />It is one of the most unexpected, and touching benefits of continuing to have children throughout my fertile life, to see the impact it has had on our family.<br /><br />Your pondering about how different attitudes to children would have been, prior to widely available contraception, reminded me of a similar observation made a while back by my friend Elizabeth here:<br /><br />http://frabjousdays.blogspot.com/2008/02/poetry-friday-lorsque-lenfant-parait.html<br /><br />When she was waiting for the arrival of her fourth. She posted a beautiful poem by Victor Hugo and made the following observation:<br /><br /><i>"I think it's just beautiful. How the world has changed, though, when children are no longer seen as the universal good suggested by Hugo."</i>Clare@ BattlementsOfRubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672603563016876943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856856486973082477.post-76360183333997656222009-08-01T05:54:35.213+01:002009-08-01T05:54:35.213+01:00I liked this post a lot. I was interested a coupl...I liked this post a lot. I was interested a couple of years ago to hear that in Italy things have changed. People have one child and the government was very worried about their population.<br /><br />I am from a two child family, and have five of my own. I have noticed quite a few years ago that some German ladies I knew loved children or can speak very nicely around them.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856856486973082477.post-66516853378228905652009-07-31T17:02:03.183+01:002009-07-31T17:02:03.183+01:00Good heavens, I can't even believe that person...Good heavens, I can't even believe that person's opinion of children! How very sad. I think she must have forgotten that she was once a child herself.<br /><br />I personally don't trust people who don't like kids (or animals). As your last quoted Scripture points out, Jesus loved children, and I look for that quality in the people I surround myself with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com