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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10·1 day ago “Raising a kid is work” Its also voluntary lol. That’s like saying payments on your car financing are voluntary. Once you have made the decision the consequences are no longer voluntary.
minus-squareruby@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours agothe consequences are however due the decision that you chose voluntarily.
minus-squarekossa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoAh, I remember distinctively how I got up in the morning and decided voluntarily to have a call from daycare “we’re closed today”. And I decided how my mother had a stroke and died, who would’ve taken the kids under those circumstances 😅👍
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoAgreed. But this does not make the consequences voluntary. If it’s your kid, you have to raise it. At the extreme, child neglect is a jailable offence.
That’s like saying payments on your car financing are voluntary.
Once you have made the decision the consequences are no longer voluntary.
the consequences are however due the decision that you chose voluntarily.
Ah, I remember distinctively how I got up in the morning and decided voluntarily to have a call from daycare “we’re closed today”. And I decided how my mother had a stroke and died, who would’ve taken the kids under those circumstances 😅👍
Agreed. But this does not make the consequences voluntary. If it’s your kid, you have to raise it.
At the extreme, child neglect is a jailable offence.