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've known some women whose greatest satisfaction in life was children. Well, two. An aunt and a friend. They genuinely love the company of children and feel fulfilled by spending their days with them. They both worked with children whilst & after raising their own.
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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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