Kids are fun. I'm getting my fifth one (including one adopted) and it never gets old. Think about the most challenging complex corporate information systems pro

Kids are fun. I'm getting my fifth one (including one adopted) and it never gets old. Think about the most challenging complex corporate information systems project you ever owned and pulled off, or think about the best work of art you ever produced... Only ten times more fun and ten times more challenging. Other personal projects definitely suffer, but that personal project dwarfs them all. There are many ways to contribute to shaping the world into something you believe being the right direction. Kids are one of them. Not having them is rational too but, if you believe in yourself, you may want to pass some of that on to the next generations directly. Making an impact by other means is good too, but nothing quite equals the primal satisfaction of leading your own clan into the future. And before anyone mentions, I'm an atheist - so there are no religious motives here. In France, having kids may not be the communal project it once was, but nowadays with crazy good medical support, day care, kindergarten, schools and all sorts of benefits, I cannot possibly claim that our ancestors had it any easier. It does take an awful lot of time, but with the right organization it is the most rewarding thing you'll ever do. Just don't overdo it and you'll be a happy parent.