Sharon

Sharon has quite candidly addressed the issue of population and the fact that there are four children in her family on this blog in the past.

I am someone who, in all likelihood, agrees with the point you’re trying to make. I am often quick to judge someone’s number of children, and I’ve often read rather defensive, essentialist responses by people with more than one or two children that basically amount to, “it’s my personal choice! Children are a blessing, would you force people not to have kids blah blah China/India, forced abortions, eugenics, all the smart people will die out, why don’t you just commit suicide. Did I mention it’s so very personal and therefore exempt from public discussion?”

This is why I am all the more glad to have read Sharon’s perspective, because yes, she does have four children; no, they’re not going anywhere; and yes, she does still think it’s very important to talk about population. I can’t really do justice to the post I linked to, so I respectfully suggest that you read it yourself

less playing taxi
less buying
less working out of the home
ect

very nice. although i do have to admit- I did see a visual in my head of how you were not doing all those things.

(ie not buying diapers= rinsing them, washing them, hanging them, folding them)

Most everybody in my family has been out of work for several years now and we’re getting close to running out of reserves. We’ve never been busier learning and making things ourselves. We’ve also never been accused more of being “do-nothings.”

Whether this is sustainable or not remains to be seen.

Peace to YOu and all of US,
shamba