Good reasons to have children

Barbara Lilley takes on some of the latest anti-children essays over at Mercatornet.com. Here's a part of her list of why having kids is a great idea. Go read the whole post:

• Children keep you honest
• Children don't care if you're the perfect height or weight, just as long as you love them
• Children keep you young
• A hug from a child can warm your heart
• Children show you your own negative qualities that need to be changed
• A child's laugh makes you smile too (and sometimes even join in)
• Children remind you how much fun colouring can be
• One day, your child will be toilet-trained, your dog will forever need you to pick up after it
• Children don't leave wet furballs lying around for you to step in
• Breastfeeding brings you closer to your baby-it is not slavery. Scratch that-feeding your baby brings you closer to your baby-whether breast or bottle-fed
• Children only kill desire in a marriage if you let them – get creative
• Riding the merry-go-round with your children reminds you how to be a kid again
• Little faces that light up when you walk through the door-whether you've been gone for five hours or five minutes