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Probably one of the more honest and rational takes on this subject that I've seen. Asking people why they want/wanted kids usually (but not always) results in
by alasano 7y ago
Probably one of the more honest and rational takes on this subject that I've seen.
Asking people why they want/wanted kids usually (but not always) results in a loop of they have kids because they wanted kids. Or they want kids because they want kids.
Not that's it not a sufficient answer, just that it's different from some "artificial" wants which can be justified more easily.
My favorite other simple answers were just "I grew up with four siblings and three dogs and I like there to be lots of movement at home" and "I'm not plotting for world domination only to let it go to waste after I die"
- luckydata 7y agoOr more simply, it’s because having kids is, on average, the meaning of life. We exist to preserve the specie, everything else is a hobby.
- alasano 7y agoRight , that's what I meant by other more "artificial" desires. This one is as natural/biological as it gets and that's why wanting to have them because you want to have them is a perfectly acceptable answer.
- buboard 7y agothat can be achieved by other means though, through other's children or via longevity
- luckydata 7y agoa small percentage of the population can avoid having kids and work a "support role", that's not a new thing. We even codified some of that with priests, monks and nuns. Overall though having kids is the "normal" thing to do and most people do it.
- kgwgk 7y agoThen having one or two should be seen as a huge failure, when you could have dozens.
- sethammons 7y agoSee traditional Mormons and Catholics.
- kgwgk 7y agoAntinatalist sects have existed within Christianism, but unsurprisingly they tend to fade out.
- dennis_jeeves 7y ago>Then having one or two should be seen as a huge failure, when you could have dozens. Lol.