Personal Statement: Do I Want To Have Children?

748 Words3 Pages

Children???
“Do I want to have kids?” This is a question that has really been heavy on my mind lately. I see all over my social media, my peers from high school having children, all the celebrities having their cute little babies, and sometimes I get this “baby fever” feeling. I be wishing that a little baby could just appear in my arms that I could just rock to sleep. Then I get off the internet and come back to reality knowing that having a baby is not something that I am really interested in at the moment. I want to live my life to the fullest first. I want to finish school, find my way in the fashion world, travel, and then build my own business later on. Having a child is not something I am ready for with the way I am looking at my future.
When I was a young girl growing up, I always imagined that I would have a baby girl someday. Her name would be Lacy, I’d dress her up really pretty, do her hair in cute puff balls, and I would live happily ever after. I loved the idea that one day I would hold the title as a Mommy. But, now that I am older and know …show more content…

I want to work hard and really get out there in my field to make a name for myself. I am pretty sure that I will start off struggling and fall multiple times until I have established myself in the career. With me knowing that I would have to start from the bottom and work my way up I would not want to be stressing about work and trying to raise a baby at the same time. I know I love fashion and I want to make it by any means in this industry I do not think bringing a baby in this world under all that stress will be healthy. Not only for me but the baby as well. Me not wanting a baby is what is best for me and the child. No child should get looked over because work is stressful and requires a lot of attention. And, I do not want to be that parent that missed their child play because work has taken over my