[toomuchtodo]

We have two kids, my partner is a stay at home parent (their choice), and I earn enough on a single income for our family to enjoy a reasonably high quality of life in a low cost of living locale. You’re absolutely right that kids are expensive. They are a choice, and to each their own.

Agreed, there are serious problems to solve (healthcare, income and wealth inequality, clean energy, electric mobility, justice and drug law reform). I hope my children take my lead in understanding why their role will be to continue the fight when I’m no longer able. “Apathy is the glove into which evil slips it’s hand.”

We borrow the world from our kids, and we should act accordingly. I’m planting trees whose shade I know I’ll never sit in.

[pmiller2]

I don't think your choice is wrong. I'm saying we made the choice that's right for us. If we're lucky, she and I both have at most about 60 years left on this earth. Any kids we would have today could possibly be alive 100 years from now. With the trajectory we're on with climate change, inequality, global instability, etc., we just didn't think it was a responsible choice for us to procreate.

You and I may know we're borrowing the Earth from future generations, but most humans on the planet aren't that conscious of the fact.