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Bridget:
I think it's immoral to have children. Carol:
Immoral to have children? Bridget:
Yes, with climate change and school shootings, and possible nuclear war. It's bringing them into a world that's inhospitable. Carol:
Oh, please, the world has always been inhospitable. When I got pregnant with you, it was the 80s. Every day Reagan joked about nuking Russia, but we survived. I gambled on our survival. That's what having kids is. Bridget:
That's reckless. Carol:
That's optimistic. Are you glad you were born? Bridget:
I don't know. Carol:
Now see, that's lazy. I expected that when you were a teenager, but you're an adult with a fully formed prefrontal cortex. Actually think about it. I know you didn't ask to be, but if you had the choice to never exist at all, or to have the exact life you're having now, would you have chosen to be born?
I think it's immoral to have children. Carol:
Immoral to have children? Bridget:
Yes, with climate change and school shootings, and possible nuclear war. It's bringing them into a world that's inhospitable. Carol:
Oh, please, the world has always been inhospitable. When I got pregnant with you, it was the 80s. Every day Reagan joked about nuking Russia, but we survived. I gambled on our survival. That's what having kids is. Bridget:
That's reckless. Carol:
That's optimistic. Are you glad you were born? Bridget:
I don't know. Carol:
Now see, that's lazy. I expected that when you were a teenager, but you're an adult with a fully formed prefrontal cortex. Actually think about it. I know you didn't ask to be, but if you had the choice to never exist at all, or to have the exact life you're having now, would you have chosen to be born?
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I think it's immoral to have children
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Immoral to have children
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Yes with climate change and school shootings
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and possible nuclear war
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it's it's bringing them into a world that's inhospitable
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Oh please the world has always been inhospitable
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When I got pregnant with you it was the 80s
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Every day Reagan joked about nuking Russia
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but we survived
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I gambled on our survival
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That's what having kids is
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That's reckless
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That's optimistic
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Are you glad you were born
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I don't know
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Now see that's lazy
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I expected that when you were a teenager
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but you're an adult with a fully formed prefrontal cortex
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Actually think about it
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I know you didn't ask to be
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but if you had the choice to never exist at all
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or to have the exact life you're having now
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would you have chosen to be born
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Movie Summary
After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.
Actors
Bridget
Carol
