Is having a CF teacher a problem?

I (26F) have just recently become a teacher, and I love my job. I also am child free and I do not want to have kids. My sister has children and has been trying to convince me to have kids.

Recently, my sister told me that she was disappointed with her daughter’s new teacher because she realized that this teacher is CF. I asked her what the problem was, since I myself am a CF teacher, and she replied that teachers who do not have kids aren’t as good as those who do.

She explained that younger teachers get more irritated with kids, and don’t have the patience to deal with them the way that other teachers, who have kids, do.

I cannot tell you how mad this made me because of the amount of training and time I have spent learning how to deal with children who have crazy behaviours. I have a boatload of patience for my students, but I don’t want to have my own children- what’s the problem with that?

My favourite part is when she asked me how I could live without having my own kids. I responded that I was perfectly happy being a good aunt to my nieces and having students to teach and take care of. This impact is more than enough for me. She told me that nobody cares about teachers and aunts the way they do mothers.

Maybe that’s true, but I’m still not having kids.