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Thanks for the answer. To probe a bit deeper, if you are willing: When you say 'internal motivation' what do you mean? Can you explain more, again, if willing?

Thanks for the answer. To probe a bit deeper, if you are willing: When you say 'internal motivation' what do you mean? Can you explain more, again, if willing? What I'm trying to get at is, if the motivation is lacking due to, I dunno, climate change, then to have 2 more kids today you'd (hypothetically here) need to have significant evidence that climate change is reversing or some such thing. That's actionable data (if nearly insurmountable).

xboxnolifes 4y ago
If I didn't want kids because of climate change, which is not a factor at all, I would call that an external factor, not internal. I would also call that a demotivator rather than a motivator. Instead, what I'm talking about it that I have no baseline intrinsic motivation to have kids. I don't wake up thinking "I need to find a partner to have kids". Having kids isn't a thought that comes to my mind ever. Without this baseline internal motivation, what possible external, familial or societal, changes could occur to motivate me to have children? I can't think of any.