In this week's edition of "Notes From a Non-Breeder" here on Babble, Johanna Gohmann speaks honestly and forthrightly
about why she's chosen to stay child-free, at least for now. Jo comes
from a large family herself and is the aunt to an entire football squad
of nieces and nephews, the only of her siblings yet to procreate.
That's a lot of pressure.
Frankly, I was prepared to hate this article, having read some of the bizarre and spiteful comments to Patti's plea that we all just get along.
I mean, there is definitely some major polarization going on between
the Breeders and the Non-Breeders. And why can't we all just get along?
It seems to me that the choice to have a child or not is a very
personal one, and no one can really understand your motivations for
your choice but you.
But Johanna clearly and poignantly states
her reasoning for remaining childfree, the biggest one not being any
reservations about children themselves, but more about her own
capacities as a parent. It seems to me that someone as thoughtful and
reasoning as Johanna about her own abilities and perhaps shortcomings
would likely be a great candidate for parenthood, if that's her
ultimate choice. I think all any of us can really aspire to is knowing
ourselves and accepting what we see, whatever that truly is.
