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While I can't step in a parent's shoes, I don't think one being a parent or not is relevant in this situation. I think it is more an issue of common sense and good judgement, which I find lacking based upon the information known thus far.
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Heh, agreed over here, but neither common sense nor good judgement are prerequisites for having kids. Too often, the opposite is true...
Back on topic (sorry! heh): I'm childfree, myself, for pretty much the same reasons. I, too, like kids a lot, just don't want any of my own. I do, however, resent society & media being dumbed down to the least common denominator of offensiveness in the name of "family friendliness". Try watching a formerly rated-R on broadcast TV -- it's so chopped up with alternate dialog and cut out scenes that it's often hard to even follow the plot. Not real "friendly" to me, and that's just an example wrt media.
I guess that's my biggest beef as a childfree adult: having my world altered to suit parents. (Well, that and the constant "So when are you two having kids?" previously mentioned.) Regarding media, my hope is that, before long, technology will allow each viewer to watch whatever level of offensiveness they want, so everyone's happy. Of course, the fundies aren't happy unless they're controlling what *everybody* can watch...