[ShamelessC]

> really I think having kids gets looked down on

It does? As someone who has decided not to have children, I feel very much like I’m the outcast. Particularly in the southern US. Also, here on HN where there are a shocking number of parents compared to say, Reddit.

[vermilingua]

That’s because the people here on HN have jobs /s

[astura]

Of course it doesn't get looked down upon, that's absurd. The most socially unacceptable thing for a woman to do is not have kids.

Something like 85% of people over 40 have children - it's literally what the vast majority of people do.

[AnimalMuppet]

Not sure about that. It gets looked down on in some subgroups. I've seen it here: "You shouldn't have kids because global warming". The more you are exposed to those subgroups, the more you perceive that it's looked down on, because the more you hear it being looked down on.

[astura]

Only in the fringiest of the fringe sub-subgroups.