Why is this society so obsessed with work and college? isnt family important anymore?

Question

Everyone wants to go to college and have "good jobs" I've heard of mothers who leave their young infants just to "go back to work" otheres have abortions because a baby might "interfere with their jobs" what is wrong with this world? Aren't babies important anymore?

Answer 1

Babies are a pain in the butt and they smell.  Nobody wants to change a poo filled diaper and listen to some wrinkly little brat cry all day (waaah I'm hungry, etc).  That is what day care centers are for.

Answer 2

The occidental elite does not want more babies. This elite wants only good workers. For them the world is overpopulated and they do not want changes in their style of life. They control through the media the public opinion.

Answer 3

Yeh i find this difficult. As someone who's generally achieved well in school I always feel the pressure to continue on academic and career focused pursuits. I find it difficult now how most the workplaces in teh UK just don't have any ethics or morals. Everyone lies and cheats to get where they're at and people just have abortions to get further in their career. In some ways I wish i was a young parent, at least then i'd feel i'd be focused on something that's worthwhile! I hate how work gets in the way of our wellbeing and personal lives more and more as time goes on. Work and education should be used to better society or provide/help someone else's life, whether it be children, partner, community etc, not for personal greed and want of money. I cant wait until the day I finally have children to look after!

Answer 4

People have been turned into commodities and have to gain value in the job market.

Answer 5

I don't know about the ones who have abortions because of the baby might interfere with their jobs, but many woman who go to school or go to work do it for the very reason, to support the kids. Maybe they weren't married to begin with; or maybe they were married and their husband walked out on her and the kids and they have no choice. Or in today's economy, even a  married couple needs 2 salaries. I've heard people say that's the husband's fault if she has has to work, I don't think so these days, or for the last 20 years for that matter.

I don't have any sympathy for a woman who has kids and puts her kids 2nd  behind work, but  I especially do not understand women or men with kids who feel their social life is more important than their kids. That can include wild partying or cocktail parties, going to clubs until 3 AM and leaving the kids with a 14 year old sitter, etc. And rich or poor, no one race or economic scale. Some parents put other things ahead of the kids. But a lot of time they work  because of the kids and surviving in this world today. Whether they should have more kids when they have to work long hours is another question entirely. But the kids that are alive have to be cared for and fed somehow.

Answer 6

In reality to support a baby into adulthood takes lots of money.  If you go to college helps to get a good job. If you want to raise a family you have to look at the broader picture of financing the family.  The days of dreaming of being a stay at home mom are not reality if the income is not there.