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Maybe more people are realizing that not having children offers an equally valid life experience? I chose not to have children since I'd rather spend what time
by jakebasile 8y ago
Maybe more people are realizing that not having children offers an equally valid life experience? I chose not to have children since I'd rather spend what time I have in life concentrating on me and my wife's happiness, not a child that didn't choose to be brought into an uncertain world. The financial benefits are obvious as well, despite the government subsidies on having a child that I miss out on (and pay for).
- omilu 8y ago>>>a child that didn't choose to be brought into an uncertain world why so negative? If ever there was a time to have children it's now, and it's only going to get better. Don't plan your life around the highly improbable and unlikely negative events in life. Of all the children born in the history of the world none have it so good as those born today.
- makerofspoons 8y agoBut this is the peak- climate change will only shrink our economy and our living standards from here on out. Why bring a child into the world that will never be able to achieve the same quality of life that we enjoy today? A child born today will turn 21 right around the time the IPCC expects the climate crisis to be ramping up, and they are historically conservative: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-repo...