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Originally Posted by V
You're right, you probably shouldn't.
Raising kids is bloody tough. I honestly don't know how my wife handles them so well, day in day out. However, the two of us have found over the last four years that most of our child-rearing ideals have gone out the window as reality has taken over.
Truth is, you have no idea what it's like until you're there.
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Give me a little credit... I do have some idea. I lived with my other sister and here 2 children for 5 years and had more of a hand in raising her young children than most unlces do. I got the kids up for school and took them to evening activities almost every day while my sister worked, so I was in charge of some discipline. Still, I know I didn't have the same emotional attachement and responsibility of a mother, but I had some.
North American families tend to have more of a hands off method when it comes to the involvement of extended family and the community in general on child rearing when you compare it to Europe and Asia. I think this is why people here get so offended when people without children have an opinion on it. If someone was exposed to the responsibility of raising children, I don't think it's fair to assume they have no idea what it is like to raise children.