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Couples who go into marriage expecting to start a family (which is the whole unselfish point, IMO) should, ideally, work together.
Even I am figuring it out after a strenuous period of "maternal gatekeeping," which I considered necessary, as my husband was not in favor of having children, was uncomfortable around our 3 daughters when they each came, and just barely getting off the fence and onto the side of "family man" after the 3rd was born. (Lots of personal back story omitted.) Of course, when ds, child #4 came, he was singing a new tune. (He really has warmed up to the girls, it wasn't just that #4 was a boy. That fact didn't hurt anything, though.)
My point is, if we can pull it together, anyone who decides to can do it. He's a great dad, and I'm thankful.
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Otherwise society will be hurt. It's hard to estimate the damage caused to a child (and in turn society) by parents that don't accept the responsibility fully, or in some cases BARELY at all.