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Originally posted by patentparanyc
No. I don't think that [having a child] is the way to soul perfection or nirvana or the gates of heaven. I am saying I am becoming a better person trying to attain being a more giving soul. doesn't mean because I am on this giving bender I am morally superior. But it does make me multi dimensional and more complex than when I was single. when I was single all I had to worry about was me, and my outfit for that day and like my little social life. and my little interests. Now it is big time complex....layers of figuring things out on many levels.
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Yeah, like figuring out what outfit your kid is going to wear and if em is going to get invited to the good birthday party or play group in the subdivision/building.
I don't see how having a kid makes someone deep by default. In my experience, when selfish people have children, their selfishness just extends out one more level, i.e. they care about themselves AND their children, but they still don't care about anyone else.
Obviously, SOME people can change as a result of childbirth and become more active in their church/synagogue/mosque with a desire to find some faith in order to pass it along to their children or get involved in politics/charity in an attempt to make the world a better place for their (and others) children. But that seems to be the minority from where I sit.
