Is it normal that i think being a parent is not an entitlement

Hey, be thankful you're not an entitled parent, it's not a great look. They're being called out more than ever these days.

Misery loves company. When they see you all childless and happy, they feel bad about it, about the diapers and all. And so they start bitching about it, like "give us your stuff, you're the 1%" and that kind of thing.

I don't know what they're grousing about anyway. I mean married people already pay less taxes, and practically every developed country either gives you tax breaks or straight-out benefits for each kid you have, the US included. So they should just stfu about their VOLUNTARY decision to procreate. They wouldn't have done it if they didn't think they'd get some kind of satisfaction from it, so it's not like it's entirely selfless either.

More people are choosing to NOT have kids. I think that's great. Kids are little pissers and I cannot tolerate them. The parents are just grown up pissers.

Its not. Dont go shitting out babies unless you have the backing to keep them.

Preach OP!

As someone whose brother thinks the world revolves around him and his kid, I share your sentiment.

For fifty reasonably happy years, I didn't have a kid, and when one did arrive, she wasn't planned. I think she's great, and I'm very happy she's part of my life, but I've never thought for even a moment that being a parent gives me the right to be a dick. (Nor do I believe that her being a kid gives her the right to be a miniature dick, and that's always been made very clear to her.)

Having children is a human right, but there are many parents who aren't equipped to do the job (and raising a child is a job) well for one reason or another, but they do it because it's the normal thing to do or because of social and family pressure to have a child.

I can't recall ever experiencing any social pressure to have a kid when I was childless, but then I live in the UK, and I'm sure this sort of pressure is more blatant in other places.

One thing I have concluded since becoming a parent is that there's a subtle, covert conspiracy among parents to minimise just how stressful having a kid can be. I don't think it's intentional. Rather, it's the case that most parents refuse to face the fact that their life could have been better without a child or children. If they were to admit that, it would mean they made a mistake, and it would also make the child feel unwanted. And, in any case, the kid exists, if you're a normal person you love it, and regrets are pointless. There are loads of things you never hear about or truly understand until you do actually have a kid, and that ignorance means it's more likely that any given couple will have a child.

I'm not familiar with the Disneyland rant. What is up with that mess.

To answer the title, I think people are entitled to have kids. Its a fundamental human right imo. So I'm against a law against a certain amount of kids and I'm against certain people not being allowed to have them based upon medical or mental conditions(with a few extreme exceptions)

But to answer the post, I agree. Its considered shallow or selfish to not want a family nowadays and thats just not right. People who want kids are great people and should have the right to do and enjoy that, but don't socially press that objective onto those who don't want it. My mom got so disappointed when I said I am not planning on having kids.