>The fact is, many parents of either gender just aren't that interested in being heavily involved with child rearing. There's nothing wrong with that.
There is something incredibly wrong with that. Gender doesn't matter; if you decide you really aren't terribly interested in raising a child, you shouldn't have one.
That's your opinion and I'm guessing it's based on cultural expectations, nothing more. Your culture is not everyone's culture.
There are households where the nanny raises the children and parents see them perhaps less than one hour per day. Are you going to tell those parents that by your decree they should not have had the child? Are you going to approach these children and tell them that their lives are somehow miserable and less worthy because of their parental situation, even if the children seem completely content?
>There are households where the nanny raises the children and parents see them perhaps less than one hour per day. Are you going to tell those parents that by your decree they should not have had the child?
I'm not going to say that they shouldn't have had the child because there is no point, they can't change the past. However, I would tell people who are planning to do this that they shouldn't have children.
There are plenty of children who are raised in poor environments who go on to lead normal lives. There are some children who are raised in front of the television with almost no parental involvement who end up perfectly normal.
Just because some children overcome a bad environment doesn't mean it should be socially acceptable to purposely introduce a child to a bad environment that you could have easily corrected.
There is loads of evidence that failure to properly bond with a primary caregiver causes significant problems later in life.
What is the likelihood that a paid servant will love, and develop a bond with your child. What is the likelihood you will be able to keep the same nanny long enough for her/him to bond with your child? Because if that doesn't happen, and you see your child less than 1 hour a day, you are demonstrably harming your child and the society that eventually has to deal with him or her.
If you have no interest in raising and nurturing your child, the only possible reason for procreating is selfishness. Children aren't pets.
>That's your opinion and I'm guessing it's based on cultural expectations, nothing more. Your culture is not everyone's culture.
There have been cultures where throwing baby girls in garbage dumps was acceptable, is that an argument for the moral validity of infant exposure?
There is something incredibly wrong with that. Gender doesn't matter; if you decide you really aren't terribly interested in raising a child, you shouldn't have one.