Is America a society which punishes those choosing to rear children?

Without more explanation I say No. People make their beds. If it’s uncomfortable, that’s their fault.

No all are free to have children or not.Those that are career minded and cannot have their own children can adopt or have none.
Some people are more suited to be and Aunt or Uncle then rear children.
Some prefer to be independent and do not want the responsibilities of child rearing as it is not for everyone.

* their *. “Their” own children.
Why would someone adopt just because they’re career minded?

No.

America still gives tax credits for children, and America has free school for children. One could argue being in a good school district requires being able to afford a good neighborhood I guess. But, that neighborhood is probably less desirable even if you don’t have kids.

You could be critical of laws that make children expensive like having to use a baby seat in a car. Or, having to vaccinate children, although many states help with that cost, or cover it completely.

Many employers penalize people who want flexible schedules, or who take years off from their career, but I think more understanding is given to parents in this situation then someone who isn’t a parent and just wants a more flexible schedule, or who decided to take time off from a career to travel and see the world or help a relative or be an at home spouse.

The way I see it a lot of accommodations are given to parents, and hopefully that will help people who aren’t parents in the end.

It’s true that more affluent neighborhoods have better quality schools. The children have fewer behavioral issue, and the classes are smaller.

I feel just the opposite. For me, it seems society caters to people with children more so than the child free.

From public assistance to restaurants, to leaving work or bringing kids to work, they are a priority in our society for the majority of people -at least in my area. It’s all about the kids.

And that’s OK too @KNOWITALL.

@Dutchess_III Sure is. :)

“The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being’s mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it’s too hard.” John Lennon – The Beatles

….John Lennon had a child. Julian. Yoko Ono was Julian’s mom. He wrote a song about Julian.

Actually Julian Lennon was with his first wife Cynthia. He had another son, Sean, with Yoko.

I’m ok with parking spots for the pregnant women, and I give up my seat willingly for pregnant women, and moms with young children.

I’m not so sure about the tax break, but I can live with it.

At work though, I don’t think people with kids should get special favors. Everyone works as a team, and everyone is equal, and if Mary gets to leave early for her kids soccer game, then Julie gets to leave early because she feels like it. Either the hours are flexible or they aren’t. I’m all for being very flexible. I don’t mean everyone can just walk out of the office early, I just mean it has to be worked out for coverage and that all the work is being done, and I don’t think you need to explain to an employee why you need to leave early, or why you want the early shift, there just needs to be enough notice given that what needs to get don’t gets done.

Yooko was a home wrecker.

Ummmm it’s difficult to absolve John when it comes to wielding that wrecking ball. I remember at the time puzzling over the whole thing, as apparently the rest of the quartet were equally baffled. When it comes to such matters, apparently there is no accounting for taste.

I didn’t say I absolved him.
She was a whack job, wasn’t she.
Not long ago I was watching an interview with Paul McCartney and he said that Yoko just acted like she was one of the band members. They were doing a photo shoot somewhere, and Yoko wound up in the middle of it. Everyone (except John) was befuddled.
McCartney said, “Well, we didn’t know what to say. We know that this is his new girlfriend and stuff and they really want to be together….” and he just kind of trailed off.

That’s how I remember it as well. She just shouldered her way in and more or less sought to engineer John’s relationship to the group from there on out.

She had a weird grip on him, for sure.

I recall looking at an amateur film of her explaining examples of her “art”, and wondering just what sort of spell she had managed to cast on Lennon. Whatever it was, there was certainly nothing cosmetic about it. My friend Reggie (from the city) would simply comment in less than formal Engilsh “I dunno ace. She must have the best p—-y ever!”

LOL! It was some Zen cosmic thing. They were, like, soul mates of the universe or something. He was a normal guy until Yoko showed up.

And when he was killed she managed to stop the whole damn nation for one minute of silence!!!

Yeah there’s no question that she wanted the wheel and made no apologies in grabbing it. It was as though she were mandated by heaven. And for those with suspicions about feminism she was terrifying and formidable. She’s the kind of woman that drives me straight to the headphones for a rendition of Jr. Wells “Key to the Highway”.