[matchbok3]

1. Climate change is most certainly not an extinction level event. 2. I spend many days with kids. They are great. I suggest you do the same and experience the human experience. Someone had to deal with the piece of crap you were when you were 2 years old, after all. 3. You'll stop praising the lack of children when you are 80 and nobody young wants to take care of you. You will have a lonely, lonely existence.

[RadiozRadioz]

> You'll stop praising the lack of children when you are 80 and nobody young wants to take care of you. You will have a lonely, lonely existence.

I have always considered this to be a selfish sentiment. Wanting children so that you yourself are less lonely. That isn't to say it's a bad thing, mind you.

[abc123abc123]

Yep, difficult to imagine a more egoistic personality. I'm afraid to be alone when I'm old, so I'll create little slaves to take care of me. I don't know how many families I know where the children live on other continents and the parents live by themselves, and see them once a year.

So you'd better brush up on your social skills, having children is no guarantee that someone will take care of you when you are old.

[matchbok3]

Slaves? Get real kid. Obviously nothing is guaranteed. But family is family, and is worth having.

You clearly are a angry, bitter person. Perhaps that is why you are alone.

[abc123abc123]

Not to be that guy... but you seem way more angry and bitter. But I will pray for you! =)

[littlexsparkee]

Why do people have such emotional reactions to peoples' preferences? Some of us get along perfectly well without kids, legacy, etc and aren't lonely at all. Feels like projection. Climate change need not be existential, being horrible is enough to ward most people off the notion and I'm certainly not interested in subjecting a kid to this mess.

[voiceofchoice]

Some of us like alone time, just saying.

I have daily reminders that validate my choice. The fact that it's finally something people can choose is a major factor in the downtrend.

[globnomulous]

Yeah, I don't agree with the guy you're answering. I know plenty of great people who just don't want kids and don't find time with them to be rewarding or gratifying, and there's nothing wrong with that. Having kids most definitely doesn't guarantee that old age will be any better either. Even if it did, it's not worth decades of labor and costs that you don't want. Saving for retirement/end of life care is much easier when you don't have kids, too. If you don't want kids, more power to you.