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Originally Posted by KTrain
I think intent makes someone a terrible person. There are a lot of people that shouldn't have kids. I don't think they're terrible people. They're just too stupid to handle the responsibility.
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Maybe semantics, but what you're calling 'stupid' I'm calling 'terrible'. I definitely agree with you that there are a lot of people who have kids who shouldn't. But is our standard of parental care so low that we're calling 'forgetting to take your baby out of the car' just 'stupid'?
Your fundamental responsibility as a parent is the best interests of your child, everything else must be secondary. If you can't follow that one simple rule then opt not to have kids until you can. I don't see this kind of negligence as simply a demonstration of an individual's stupidity. I'd say it's what divides people between being basically decent or... terrible.
As an aside, that article was garbage in my opinion. What a totally manipulative piece.