I think the root problem that this article is talking about is the reasoning you had for responding like that. It's way too meta, it would require too much intr

I think the root problem that this article is talking about is the reasoning you had for responding like that. It's way too meta, it would require too much introspection for you to understand, but try to imagine that the point the person is making is to express the frustration with people who can not accept the decision not to have children. Who therefore feel compelled, at all times, to question the decision not to have children, to make the argument for children, to express unsolicited "worry" about the future happiness of a person without children, etc. Put a different way, the widespread phenomenon of the behavior you just demonstrated, is what is being pleaded against (unsuccessfully in your case). Perhaps that helps you to understand why "but children are great" is missing the point they were trying to make. The person isn't asking "should I have children?", ask yourself, (and everyone else who responded like that) why you responded as if they did.