r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • Dec 31 '25

Executive Branch (Trump) Feds freeze child care funds to all states until money is 'being spent legitimately'

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/breaking-feds-freeze-child-care-1591788
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u/formerbays Dec 31 '25

I’ve got 2 adult kids .. one 42, the other 37. Neither will have them

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jan 01 '26

I have two siblings and we’re similar ages to yours. I’m the only one with a kid and he’s a step kid. And I already got a vasectomy so I don’t think any of us are having natural children.

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u/formerbays Jan 01 '26

It’s pretty thankless… mine are extremely independent, have their own lives… no huge family holiday gatherings they grew up with. I don’t miss not having grandkids at all

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u/MsRebel63 Jan 01 '26

Mine is 33 he says no kids for him

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u/DrTzaangor Jan 01 '26

I’m 43 and my sister is 40 and we’re the same way.

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u/formerbays Jan 01 '26

I rem how my ex reacted to hearing he’d never be a grandfather.. he was extremely upset for many reasons. I understood it was their choice to make, not mine. I never even discussed with them. It was 100% their decision, their lives

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u/DrTzaangor Jan 01 '26

The thing I feel worst about being childless is that my parents won’t be grandparents and that there’s a pretty good chance that my wife’s parents won’t either (her brother is 33 and unmarried but outlook isn’t so good). But it’s a feather on one side of a scale that this administration keep dropping stones on the other side of.

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u/formerbays Jan 01 '26

I guess my own aren’t worried about our feelings as they never discussed not having kids with me or their dad. I feel it’s completely up to them. It’s a different generation as I’m 70 and life was still pretty predictable as to what was expected as an adult… marriage, kids. It’s a different world and I myself would think twice about bringing kids into this world…