#47 Having Children Prevents Happiness and Succes: by Russell Obernolte

If you want to become a better writer one thing you can do is not have kids. Not having kids wont only make you a better writer it will make you a more productive, wealthy, and happy individual. Kids are a full time job that you receive no compensation for. Once a person has kids they no longer have to worry about just themselves, now they have to deal with a small person incapable of performing everyday functions. You will no longer have time to sit down and research the topic for 3000 word research paper instead you will have to make dinner for a child who wont eat anything you make a cries for no apparent reason. Kids will take every ounce of energy you have until they can not take anymore. Forget having any fun for the next eighteen years because you will spend all your time taking care of your kids. There will be no spare time to even think about achieving your goals everything you do will be for the benefit of your children. Also children are expensive. In 2010 the average cost of raising a child to age 18 was about 230,000 dollars. The monetary value of $230,000 doesn’t come close to all the things you missed out on because you had kids. Studies actually show that people with kids are not as happy as there peers with out children. So in conclusion if you want to accomplish any of your goals and dreams one thing that you can do to help ensure success is avoid having kids at all costs. If you have kids you greatly kill your chances of having any joy in your life what so ever.