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Quote:I knew from the start I wanted to pour all the energy parents normally spend raising children into making myself become the best person I could be. My first husband called that "selfish." My view: it is selfish in the extreme to bring a child into the world if you are not emotionally, financially and strategically centered, so you can provide that child with a secure launch pad into the game of life. It's not selfish to realize you would not enjoy shepherding a child through childhood and to defer to the plenitudes who want that.