[toomuchtodo]

Kids are the same coping mechanism. After a generation or two, you’ll long be forgotten. Don’t believe me? Tell me something that matters about your great grandparents.

Avoid unnecessary or unwanted struggle, leave those who choose it to it, it is theirs to own and bear.

[TrnsltLife]

My grandparents had my parents. My parents had me. I had my children. Hopefully they will have theirs.

Even if we can't remember, we know they were there. They succeeded in carrying on the species. We can wonder about them and what their lives were like.

"Lo, now, do I see my fathers and my fathers' fathers back to the beginning!"

"I go now to join my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall no longer feel ashamed."

[toomuchtodo]

If you’re happy to pay ~$380k per kid (not including daycare and college) over their 0-18 journey (£250k-£300k in the UK) and whatever it costs to help them survive in adulthood for the experience, help yourself. That’s certainly a choice. The future will not be as welcoming and prosperous as the past.

[fabifabulous]

Only childless people will bring forward such a calculation of costs. And this shows that it‘s a great thing they remain childless.