HAVE you ever met someone who became a parent without really wanting to be one? Can you imagine how difficult the task of bringing up a child would be for such a person? Anyone who has raised children knows well about the sleepless nights of the first year, the teething problems of the terrible twos, the challenges of adolescence, and the long-term toil of grooming a child into a fine human being.
For someone who has not signed up willingly for this hard work, parenting can be an endlessly tiring ordeal. And, of course, the experience is probably much worse for a child of unwilling parents.
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