An addendum to the fertility post of yesterday

[danaeris]

Just to be clear... I care far more about people I identify as "my kind of people" raising children, than having children. I'm all for choosing to adopt instead of having your own children. I still might decide that I don't want to pass my own genetics onward, or that I don't want to go off my medications long enough to have my own children. In that event I would definitely adopt if I had a partner friendly to the concept of children.

I know that people with our cultural values come from all sorts of upbringings. But I also think that we have something valuable to share with children.

Comments

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

I'd be far happier with this statement if you could state clearly what constitutes "my kind of people". Where do "we" (assuming for a moment that I fall within this category) come from? What, exactly, are "our cultural values"?

I'm not disputing that 'we' have something valuable to share with children per se, but what valuable thing are you talking about, that (by implication) people who are not 'us' lack?