The facts of our modern society dictates (unfortunately) the age of parenthood and the number of children.

The values are shifted from family focus to career and creature comforts like buying a home, cars, travel, etc... Couples find it hard to juggle finance, marriage, careers, recreation; “family” often slides down the list of priorities.

I noticed recently that couples would say “WE are pregnant” instead of just the female; which gives hope that it is more of a shared thing that before. But women tend to make the decision to fall pregmant.

Many couples reverse roles temporarily or long term, but most Mr. Moms still find it awkward to brag about it.

In all fairness women are much more apt at raising children then men. Men are all thumbs when it comes to multitasking.

I would like a push for more births – but it has to be a complete social reform and national back-up. We need more populace in Australia – why import it when we could produce it locally?

Coach,
As usual you are very difficult to argue with, I really enjoy your posts.
Regards,Shaun

Get real. All men have to do is wait till the current government fascination with women in employment comes to an end and then retake the jobs. Women only want men's opinions on children to inveigle them into PAYING for their excesses.

Women are unsustainable in an equal rights employment role.
They have 3-4 times the environmental footprint of a man. They will have two children irregardless of any man or men's perspective on the matter. They have a need to look beautiful despite this being a most non equal opportunity activity that wastes time, saps productivity causes conflict and adds huge swathes of complex pollutants to the environment. In the difficult economic times ahead, no government will support wasteful equal opportunity roles for women. The Chinese kill female babies under a one child policy for this very reason. The real monster is the insane biological need to have two children for every female ever born. Pretttty Locusts!

In bouyant economic times, government's can afford to pander to equal rights for women. It has the added advantage of lowering birthrates and removing the need for mandatory support for legions of unwed mothers. A problem that inflicted western society pre 1990.

Now, women are free to tell themselves the story that they are on a roll and dumb men will become redundant because of a redundant Y chromosome. But the History of the Earth and the emergence of China as a superpower under its one child (preferably male) policy tells a different and hauntingly true story.

And lastly, at the end of any conflict, 'men V women' included, it always comes down to muscle. And unless women intend to evolve into a separate species of Miss Trunchpoles then I suggest they get real, stop listening to their own media reflections and independently come up with some idea of the fact that they NEED to treat men with more respect whilst realising their biolgical right to two or more children is becoming a significant threat to world peace and any chance they might have for a real and enduring equality with men.

We can only hope that KAEP is making a joke which has failed to come through via this text-only medium.

Laurie,
Agreed either that or he/she lives on Zircon, a far flung planet, in a far away galaxy.....

Laurie, Shonga,

If it weren't for the grammar I'd take a punt that our old friend has come back to pay us a visit...

Either that or *someone* missed out on getting a Valentine's card!