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#818454 - 09/05/08 04:38 PM Do children = happiness?
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Do you think having children brings happiness? Discuss your answer to this poll question here.
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#818476 - 09/05/08 04:59 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: Hugs]
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Yes Yes Yes and Yes. I believe children give you the only real opportunity at reinventing yourself (only better ofcourse) If you can guide them through their lives and maintain a good relationship with them, through trust and companionship, all the while catching yourself and forcing your self into being a better you each and every day...Then it is my feeling that your soul is able to live on generations after you are gone. Having children however, is not a game. It is the single most important decision someone can make.It is really sad that so many children are brought into the wrong environments and are never truly given an opportunity to just be kids. Being a Father makes me Happier than I ever could have thought possible.
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#818554 - 09/05/08 08:29 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: disbelief]
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Yes having children can bring happyness. I do not believe that people should have children thinking they will bring them happyness though. Children, as we all know, are a lot of work. But in the overal statement yes children bring happyness.
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#818560 - 09/05/08 08:37 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: LilMissie]
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imo no, if you're asking 'do children (or having children) = happiness'. Don't get me wrong, I love dd with all my heart and we have a lot of happiness, love & joy in our family, but the reason that we have this is not because of or due to her. It's because we make it a focus of our lives.
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#818724 - 09/06/08 10:07 AM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: KVH]
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I think children definately bring happiness into my life but they also bring many other emotions at times and some are not positive.
But in the end I think happiness comes out on top or else I wouldn't have had 3 of them!
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#818745 - 09/06/08 11:07 AM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: mom2MKCN]
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I don't think children = happiness is an absolute. Sure children can make people happy and fulfilled but they might not. And it's quite possible to be really happy with no children. So, no.
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#818753 - 09/06/08 11:27 AM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: JillyMB]
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I have two kids and I don't believe having children = happiness just cause it is virtually impossible to be happy all the time whether they are in your life or not.

There certainly is a lot of opportunities to be happier with children around. They can pull you out of an unhappy place more often than not.

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#818758 - 09/06/08 12:05 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: Passions]
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 Originally Posted By: Passions


There certainly is a lot of opportunities to be happier with children around. They can pull you out of an unhappy place more often than not.
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this is very true!! which is why i dont think you need to have kids.....you can always enjoy someone elses......i think personally my kids make me happy but they show me my short comings more so than if i had none.....although its not all about me anymore which makes me happy cause i'm occupied every minute of the day.

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#819218 - 09/07/08 01:41 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: trinity2006]
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Children can bring happiness into your life but if you were an unhappy person I don't believe children will fix it. In fact I believe if you were unhappy/miserable and have children in hopes they bring happines to your life you will end up making them unhappy/miserable people.

You need to be happy first and then a child will just mulitiple that tenfold.
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#819564 - 09/07/08 03:01 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: asil]
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I dont think its a guarantee - there has to be a sense of peace and happiness already - but man they can multiply that happiness by infinity....

I was happy before kids came along... but now I am happier than I ever felt was possible..
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#820245 - 09/08/08 08:09 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: all4them]
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Children can be our biggest burden.
Our biggest burden become our greatest joy.
Joy brings happiness.
Happiness = children.
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#820753 - 09/09/08 06:40 PM Re: Do children = happiness? [Re: 2sparrows]
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I like the way 2sparrows put it!
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