Certainly it's both parents' fault and the child is not to blame. But we must be hard-hearted if we are to survive as a society. This urge many have to help other peoples' accidental offspring because they feel bad for the innocent kids, or to help the poor hardworking single mom get by, results in society financially subsidizing her poor life choices. And like any other human activity, if you subsidize bad life decisions you will always get more of it - so now we have welfare queens. By the millions.

It used to be that watching your kids starve was the natural consequence of getting knocked up out of wedlock by some shitbag that isn't going to help raise them, which motivated most females to avoid ending up in that situation.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, cheating on your spouse and tearing the family apart had the consequence of you ending up living in the gutter, which motivated most females to avoid doing so.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, your mate up and leaving you left you shit out of luck, which motivated most females to try to choose responsible partners that aren't going to just ditch them.

Yeah, it's shitty for the poor kids that didn't cause the situation, but there have to be consequences for making poor choices in life. Stop letting your feels make you care so much about someone else's offspring so that someone else will be motivated not to make stupid decisions based on their own feels.

ETA: The solution is simple. End all financial support to single parents, eliminate child support and alimony. It will be painful for a generation or two, but in the end most females will return to prioritizing mate selection based on who is most likely to be a responsible provider rather than just feels, and as a result of this most males will prioritize becoming a responsible productive member of society when doing so is necessary to attract a mate.

ETA #2: Of course I am aware not all people behave this way. I speak primarily of the urban ghetto and rural trailer trash cultures where the welfare queen single mom/deadbeat dad behavior is prevalent. Just thought I'd toss that in before some White Knight comes along with the "Aykhshually not all women are like that" argument.

Certainly it's both parents' fault and the child is not to blame. But we must be hard-hearted if we are to survive as a society. This urge many have to help other peoples' accidental offspring because they feel bad for the innocent kids, or to help the poor hardworking single mom get by, results in society financially subsidizing her poor life choices. And like any other human activity, if you subsidize bad life decisions you will always get more of it - so now we have welfare queens. By the millions.

It used to be that watching your kids starve was the natural consequence of getting knocked up out of wedlock by some shitbag that isn't going to help raise them, which motivated most females to avoid ending up in that situation.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, cheating on your spouse and tearing the family apart had the consequence of you ending up living in the gutter, which motivated most females to avoid doing so.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, your mate up and leaving you left you shit out of luck, which motivated most females to try to choose responsible partners that aren't going to just ditch them.

Yeah, it's shitty for the poor kids that didn't cause the situation, but there have to be consequences for making poor choices in life. Stop letting your feels make you care so much about someone else's offspring so that someone else will be motivated not to make stupid decisions based on their own feels.

ETA: The solution is simple. End all financial support to single parents, eliminate child support and alimony. It will be painful for a generation or two, but in the end most females will return to prioritizing mate selection based on who is most likely to be a responsible provider rather than just feels, and as a result of this most males will prioritize becoming a responsible productive member of society when doing so is necessary to attract a mate.

Certainly it's both parents' fault and the child is not to blame. But we must be hard-hearted if we are to survive as a society. This urge many have to help other peoples' accidental offspring because they feel bad for the innocent kids, or to help the poor hardworking single mom get by, results in society financially subsidizing her poor life choices. And like any other human activity, if you subsidize bad life decisions you will always get more of it - so now we have welfare queens. By the millions.

It used to be that watching your kids starve was the natural consequence of getting knocked up out of wedlock by some shitbag that isn't going to help raise them, which motivated most females to avoid ending up in that situation.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, cheating on your spouse and tearing the family apart had the consequence of you ending up living in the gutter, which motivated most females to avoid doing so.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, your mate up and leaving you left you shit out of luck, which motivated most females to try to choose responsible partners that aren't going to just ditch them.

Yeah, it's shitty for the poor kids that didn't cause the situation, but there have to be consequences for making poor choices in life. Stop letting your feels make you care so much about someone else's offspring so that someone else will be motivated not to make stupid decisions based on their own feels.

Certainly it's both parents' fault and the child is not to blame. But we must be hard-hearted if we are to survive as a society. This urge many have to help other peoples' accidental offspring because they feel bad for the innocent kids, or to help the poor hardworking single mom get by, results in society financially subsidizing her poor life choices. And like any other human activity, if you subsidize bad life decisions you will always get more of it - so now we have welfare queens. By the millions.

It used to be that watching your kids starve was the natural consequence of getting knocked up out of wedlock by some shitbag that isn't going to help raise them, which motivated most females to avoid ending up in that situation.

It used to be that, as a wife with children, cheating on your spouse and tearing the family apart had the consequence of you ending up living in the gutter, which motivated most females to avoid doing so.

Yeah, it's shitty for the poor kids that didn't cause the situation, but there have to be consequences for making poor choices in life. Stop letting your feels make you care so much about someone else's offspring so that someone else will be motivated not to make stupid decisions based on their own feels.