Children/family = least agency, while buying something = most agency? I must be misunderstanding something big time.

You can’t always control what your children or family do. You are in control of what you buy.

	▲	npodbielski 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I have 3 kids and they are still young and I barely control how they behave :) It will be even more terrible later
	▲	jojobas 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You can (and indeed must) control a lot about whether family, especially children, make you happy. Also many people don't seem to control what they buy.

FinnKuhn 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The makes sense when you look at the responses themselves.

Children/family are mostly containing answers such as "My son visited me on Mother's Day.", which you can't really cause yourself.

	▲	jojobas 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Of course you can, you just have to cause it years in advance.