Question for all Men with Children

I have heard on multiple occasions that a man cannot be truly compassionate and understanding and thoughtful until he has a child and I was wondering if you all think this is true???

Well, I don't have any kids, don't want any, and I'm none of those things. So there you go.

Meh. Speaking of children, though, 70Chip III aka "rock chalk jay hawk" will have picked the NCAA champion 2 straight years if Michigan State wins. Bow before the superior fruit of my loins! My swimmers rule, baby!

Well, I don't have any kids, don't want any, and I'm none of those things. So there you go.


and that answers that

this belongs in the thread with tryful giving out answers:)

You are who you are, EQ. Having a kid may bring out your compassionate side but it was always there if it ever was. I'm still a jerk and I got two kids.

I think having kids will open up your emotions to some degree, I have 3 daughters and 2 of them are teens. It seems like compassion is less now, more anger sometimes and I understand more now that when your house is full of women the garage is a great place to hang out :)

I have heard on multiple occasions that a man cannot be truly compassionate and understanding and thoughtful until he has a child and I was wondering if you all think this is true???

Seems to me if having a baby is what it takes you to be truly Compassionate and Understanding and Thoughtful (CUT) then you're first class dirtbag. Anybody that thinks the got a CUT achievement point over you because they have kids also think you're relatively a worthless piece of shit.


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EQ - my advice would be to take some of 724's answer and mix it with msm's and saden's and you'll get a consensus of how things should be. Your life experience and decisions make you who you are. Having children might open your eyes to some things you might have forgotten or never saw, but it shouldn't change the fact that any rational human being has compassion and is understanding and thoughtful to some degree.

I have 2 daughters, and all they've done is help me prioritize my life better. I still have the same compassion, understanding and thoughtfulness I've always had.

@msm - yeah, my girls are still a bit young (18 months and 3 months), but by the time they are teenagers, I'm getting a bachelor pad (within the house or otherwise)...

I have two chidren ages 2 and 24 and the 24 year old will say I'm still not Compassionate and if the 2 year old could talk she would agree.