Be careful, one day you might realize you missed something important.
After I'm dead, my kids can continue my work better than I could do it myself.
After I'm dead, my kids can continue my work better than I could do it myself.
If you have kids and regret them, the kids are going to suffer for it, even if you do everything you can to hide that regret from them.
Adopting older kids who come from problematic backgrounds has a significant probability of them having experienced some sort of trauma before they got to you. It's absolutely a great thing to do to take care of these kids but potentially very difficult as well.
This is why it's very difficult to get to adopt babies - they are the ones that everyone wants. Not saying this should make anyone not adopt just that it's not as easy as you seem to think - western countries actually don't have that many orphans & a lot of people who want to adopt them (which is of course a good thing!).
After I'm dead they can toss my body outside the gates. And they can give me a stick so I could fend off the scavengers - that is, if I care to ;)
Assuming they find your work interesting.
I'm really hoping my son enjoys playing games (board and video) and programming, but he could totally turn into a jock. (Although genetics says he'll never be good at basketball.)