Tuesday, August 25, 2009

This one goes out to all the bois, and Rachel of course...

Here is something from "The National Post", Saturday Aug. 8th:

"Corinne Maier, mother of two, has some advice for would-be parents: Don't. Resist the societal pressure to procreate, she argues in a witty manifesto against parenthood called No Kids, 40 Good Reasons Not To Have Children. "This little book is intended to further discourage those potential parents everywhere who are beginning to wonder if having children is really worth the trouble," she says, adding that children will kill your desires, transform you into slaves and, inevitably, disappoint you. The book caused an uproar when it was released in her native France, a country that boasts a baby boom."

There has been a lot of response/backlash about this book in the Post, and all over the internet.
Here is one of the responses by a columnist from today's edition of "The National Post". It gave me hope that there are still people of optimism and faith in the world.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

There was a large article in Macleans' about this a few weeks ago. It incited a lot of angry letters to the editor, one of Chris' and I favorite things to read...good times!