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About the discussions for/against having children: quit justifying your choice. Most of the time the reason you think made you choose is not the real one and an
by trabant00 6y ago
About the discussions for/against having children: quit justifying your choice. Most of the time the reason you think made you choose is not the real one and any argument can be countered easily, it only opens your choice to discussion even more.
Especially justifying not having children with the state of economy, politics or social issues does not stand up to scrutiny if you look back in history.
On the other hand simply and unemotionally stating "I don't want children (right now)" is as unbeatable as they come.
- ausbah 6y agothis is probably the most confusing comment I've seen in this thread the reasons people have for or for not having kids aren't real reasons because...history? or they're "easily countered"? some examples would be nice to provide context to these statements
- trabant00 6y agoThe reasons people _give_ for/against having kids are just stories they tell themselves. We want to seem rational and we feel the need to have a rational reason for our choices. "Economy is bad right now" and everything like this: historically the conditions to have children have been a lot worse. History meaning more than 50 years. Above is only one example of how you can open your choice to being countered when this decision is just a personal thing that should not be up for debate imho. I explained poorly, the intention was just to help mostly young people have a more solid stand especially against peer/family pressure.