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I'm not having kids because kids suck and I'm doing my part to prevent climate change. I can look beyond the preprogrammed brain chemistry that tells you having

I'm not having kids because kids suck and I'm doing my part to prevent climate change. I can look beyond the preprogrammed brain chemistry that tells you having kids was "the best thing that has happened to you in your life" as you lose 10 years off of your life in stress and all of your friends.

dionidium 5y ago
> as you lose 10 years off of your life in stress and all of your friends. In fact, people with children live longer and have more social interactions, on average. See: https://www.mpg.de/14064449/children-influence-parents-life-expectancy https://www.mpg.de/14064449/children-influence-parents-life-... And: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/have-kids-live-longer-2017042411562 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/have-kids-live-longer-20...
- klipt 5y ago
  I think what we are witnessing is an evolutionary paradigm shift. For most of human history, contraceptives didn't exist, so evolution just made us want sex and the reproduction part followed automatically. Now that contraceptives stopped that trick from working, only the people who genuinely want kids will be selected for, while the people who merely want sex will die off.
_carbyau_ 5y ago
On the one hand, you do you. Also, others do what they do. Everyone has their own circumstances. For me, your "look beyond preprogrammed brain chemistry" comment smacked of elitism. As though people with kids are somehow bound by rules you have transcended. Seems arrogant to assume the reasons others do what they do and boil it down to something as trite as that. Will I say that my kid is "the best thing in my life" on my deathbed? Maybe. Is my kid worth it to me in a purely selfish personal happiness sense? Right now, I would do it again no question.