• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    A ridiculous opinion. All the survivors of abusive, narcissistic parents can tell you that the only “skin” they have in the game is “what do I get out of it?” Also, childless people have nieces, nephews, children of cousins, friends with kids, etc. They might love and care about those kids as much as any child they might have had themselves. So they do have skin in the game.

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      10 months ago

      I think you underestimate the number of socially isolated or uncaring people who truly have no children in their lives

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        10 months ago

        I think you underestimate the number of narcissistic, abusive parents who don’t care about their children except for how those children will do something to benefit them.