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Originally Posted by Alura  Short of a life-threatening experience, I can't imagine your falling prey to fear.
Thanks for sharing that part of your childhood, LM. I just spent a few moments thinking back over all the folks I've known who went to parochial schools. I'm trying, unsuccessfully, to remember just one who considered it a positive experience.
Do you think your experience with parochial schools had any influence on your decision to not have children?
Mr. Alura |
I think people find themselves closest to fear when they feel they have no control over a situation, once you realize that you do, the fear subsides.
I have not been in touch with anyone I went to grade school with so I have no idea how positive their experience was. It would be interesting to know though.
Parochial school had no influence over my decision not to have children. The fantasy of being a mom was never part of me, not something I had any interest or instinct for. I was a babysitter only because I wanted the money and didn't enjoy watching kids. Money, and the freedom it would eventually give me one day to be on my own, was my motivation to babysit.
My comments about getting out of the house are probably making people think I had a less than ideal home life growing up. Just the opposite. I had (and still have) great parents who were always positive, encouraging and loving, and good siblings too. I think I was always destined to be an independent gal. At the age of 14 I started buying kitchenware (with those stamp books - can't remember the name) for the apartment I would have one day.
The Catholic church did influence my view on family planning. The church's banning birth control (rhythm method only for birth control) and being anti abortion wasn't something I could accept. It was a "leave it up to God" attitude that made no sense to me.
LM