Should You Even Bother Having Kids?
ManTalks Podcast
Connor Beaton
4.8 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Should you even bother having kids? Oddly enough, I get asked this question more than I expect. |
| 0:09.8 | I have a lot of young men that follow me. But I also have a lot of men in their 30s and 40s that follow |
| 0:16.7 | me that are asking me this question since I've become a dad since I decided to have a child. |
| 0:22.1 | And I get a lot of questions of like, you know, why did you decide to do that? And what were you |
| 0:26.5 | afraid of? And I think one of the interesting things that I keep hearing and I've heard for the |
| 0:34.0 | last number of years, that's the main obstacle for a lot of people is this |
| 0:38.9 | statement that a lot of people say they're so steeped in fear that it's pretty wild to me. |
| 0:48.7 | And I get it because there's a time in my life where I question this as well. |
| 0:53.5 | But I keep hearing the same thing from |
| 0:55.7 | people. Why would I bring a child into this world? Why would I bring the child into this world? |
| 1:01.4 | And there's a lot of other stuff. You know, kids are expensive. That's a big excuse that I hear. |
| 1:06.8 | You know, it might infringe on my freedom, which honestly was one of the hardest things for me personally. And that might sound selfish. It might sound, you know, it might infringe on my freedom, which honestly was one of the hardest things for me |
| 1:11.0 | personally. And that might sound selfish. It might sound, you know, arrogant or egotistical or whatever it is. |
| 1:16.6 | But it's just the truth. I was really afraid as a man because I value freedom. And I love having the |
| 1:23.6 | freedom to be able to go do whatever I want, whenever I want with whoever I want. |
| 1:27.9 | I love that type of life. |
| 1:29.4 | That's how I've built my life. |
| 1:31.4 | That's why I've built the business that I've built so I can travel when I want. |
| 1:35.0 | I can go hang out with who I want. |
| 1:36.7 | I can go and have great experiences when I want. |
| 1:39.8 | And I can construct my life and my lifestyle to cater to the type of days that I want to live in this |
| 1:48.2 | lifetime. And so freedom was a big one, but I keep hearing this notion of, well, what kind of |
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