Kids or Dogs…Hmmm
In a new book on demographics set to be published next week, Jonathan V. Last writes that pets now outnumber children 4 to 1 in America. The book is titled What to Expect When No One’s Expecting.
“In 1994 Americans spent $1.7 billion on pets; by 2008 that number had risen to $4.3 billion. By 2010, even in the face of a massive recession, it had climbed over $4.8 billion. The evidence suggests that pets are increasingly treated like actual family members: In 1998, the average dog-owning American household spent $383 on medical care for their dogs; by 2006, that figure had risen to $672.”
This is naturally what happens when society is conditioned and programmed to believe that children are a burden, that children make unnecessary demands on “Mother Earth”, and that in order to maintain one’s freedom in this world…abortion.
doreen said:
I went away on holiday this year, and I saw a sign in a tea room. It said, ‘No Children allowed. Dogs welcome’
If it was a joke, I’ve yet to understand it.
God says children are a heritage. They are.
The Master's Slave said:
I know. The looks we get when the six of us enter a store. It’s as if we brought six dogs into the store or something. The days when an old lady would look lovingly at our children and smile are long gone. Now they look at us and think, “Oh my…”
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