Why would someone bring a child into the world if they know they have a condition that might affect the child?

Personally,I have a condition that affects my ability to care for a child. I am trying to make sense of someone else in that situation having a child regardless of their health.Why would someone bring a child into the world if they know they have a condition that might affect the child?Well, people do things because they can..there doesn't have to be (and quite often, isn't) a logical explanation or rationalization. That said, what do you mean by 'regardless of their healthy'...both my husband and I have a...virus, condition, disease, whatever you want to call it...that is controlled by medication...but will likely become uncontrollable later on in life...we still made the decision to adopt three boys...and our kids' day to day lives aren't affected by it...that's my rationalization.



Right, okay, well...I don't think it's *bad* to have another child if you already have a child or children with some sort of condition, such as ADD, or ADHD, or autism, or whatever. My oldest has tourette's syndrome...he has two little brothers...each child gets plenty of love, affection, attention, and everything they need. However, to be an addict (of any sort), and to bring a child into that sort of life...is...selfish, to say the least. Frankly, drug addicts do crazy things sometimes (recovering junkie, 10 years)...maybe she's trying to convince herself that she can get clean and be there for her daughter...or maybe she's just too high to give a sh*t either way. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people like this. There's no explanation. My parents are both alcoholics...and they are both very cold and distant people...they have 5 kids together...they didn't want a single one of us...there's no explanation as to why they had kids...or as to why they kept their kids...who fukcing knows.Why would someone bring a child into the world if they know they have a condition that might affect the child?If every person that has a condition that MIGHT affect a child chose to not become parents, there would be very few children born. Almost everyone has some sort of condition or will develop one in the child's lifetime (diabetes, cancer, heart conditions etc).



As for parents who choose to do drugs and alcohol during pregnancy. that is just selfish and sickening. No child should be forced to begin life going through withdrawl.Why would someone bring a child into the world if they know they have a condition that might affect the child?I have a genetic disease that probably will be passed down to at least one of my children; it doesn't greatly effect my life anymore...i don't take medication for it; i don't get sick from it anymore -- the greatest role it plays in my life currently is making weight loss that much harder. My family has a history of blood clots. My fiance and his father have both had lung cancer...his father died of lung cancer, my fiance has fought it twice. My fiance also has a history of heart conditions in his family. But we also have a son and will eventually have more children. Why? Because we know that should our children develop any of these later in their, we know we can get them the best help possible. We don't know for sure IF they'll develop them. But we know that God makes happen what is meant to happen and we'll let Him take the lead...we'll stand by our children no matter what and dow whatever we can for them.





Why would a woman over 40 purposely have children knowing the greater risks of pregnancy and birth?



People do it because they're willing to risk it and then do the best they can with what God gives them.Why would someone bring a child into the world if they know they have a condition that might affect the child?
I have always debated this one. But not in the way you are talking about. I have always questioned people with genetic disorders that have children knowing there is a 50/50 chance they will also have the genetic disorder, like cystic fibrosis for example or Huntingtons disease.