Yes, but priorities are different from satisfaction. Iona acknowledges the drive to have children - this is probably not socialised - and the gladness of having had them. This is very different to finding them the most satisfying thing ever.https://twitter.com/JYuter/status/957550741450870784 …
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I love spending time with my own. She is the most intelligent, beautiful & loving child that ever existed after all. Some very special times. And I enjoy reading about child psychology, particularly in the form of real-life stories by specialist educators & foster carers.
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But my primary satisfaction in life is not children. There's a limit to how interesting I find children and this is probably because they don't know much about politics, ethics, religion, ideology, history & culture & learning about these is where my primary satisfaction is.
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The questions 'Are children the most important thing in most women's lives?' and 'Are children women's primary source of satisfaction?' are very different. I'd say the answer to the first is usually 'yes', to the second usually 'no.'
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I don’t like children; have never liked children. When I was younger I used to think this was a queer thing, but then I met some straight women who don’t like kids & some queers who do. The latter group formed the spine of the marriage equality movement.
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I am not someone who enjoys the company of children very much. But I think many people who say they love children or don't like children feel the need to take a side when the reality is actually a spectrum. We like them in different doses.
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I’m much better with older kids, that’s for sure. All the people who complain about teenagers baffle me. Teenagers are fine. They keep to themselves. The JBP rule I wholly endorse is ‘do not bother children when they are skateboarding’.
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It is certainly much easier since mine became a teenager, developed her own interests and stopped rabbitting at me all the time.
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This strikes me as the most obvious thing ever. Surely you & I aren’t the only people to have noticed it?
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Other problems arise tho. Mine is not too bad but: My cousin: I've got a pizza which you can share with your sister. Her teenager: WHY DO I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING OF MY OWN? WHY DID YOU EVEN HAVE ME IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH? (Runs to room sobbing.)
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In which case she can stay there and sob until she’s ready to stop.
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Yep. It can just end up feeling like living in a minefield. My teenage angst tended to sullenly staying in my room believing I was punishing my parents with my absence (lol) but many teenagers, particularly girls, insist on having highly verbally all over the house.
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