Emotional "Purity"

You only have so much of your heart, so much

love that you can give away.

If you love one little kid you babysit,

you're not going to have as much love to give your own kid someday. If you enjoy your time with these kids now, it's like you're benefiting from a relationship with someone else's kids.

What's more, you'll be comparing your own

baby to all the other ones you've known, and someday you'll have to tell your own children about the kids you loved before them.

Wouldn't it be best not to care too much

about kids who aren't yours, not invest too much in spending time with them or thinking about who they are becoming and trying to be an edifying part of that?

Besides that, when you get close to a kid,

the temptation is way stronger to be frustrated with them when they make immature mistakes, and you'll be provoked to express anger. They also watch you all the time, so if you make a mistake, you're going to set them a bad example. You need to take yourself out of situations that could increase your temptation.

Also, if you love a kid who isn't yours, and

then they move away or for some reason you can't see them as much, it's going to hurt. And wounds like that leave scars that affect the person you are, the ways you love others in the future. Wouldn't it be better to go through life without that kind of heartbreak?

My friend never spent much time with other

kids, and when her son was born, she had a wonderful relationship with him, and she is such a great mom. If you've never had kids of your own, there's no way you can know how beautiful it is to never love any other children before your own.

~ satire on a subject that is very important to me

To God be all glory.