[voiceofchoice]

Honestly that's fantastic and I'm glad it turned out that way for you. The world needs parents who actually raise their kids and want to.

I only encourage people to do the requisite research to make sure they make the right choice for themselves, because for many it's not.

[globnomulous]

Agreed. Another comment in the thread describes the author's horrible, abuse-filled upbringing as the child of young parents who both weren't prepared for children and, in at least one case, didn't want them and blamed him for their circumstances. I can't fathom any of that and my heart breaks for the guy and the kid he used to be.

It's really unfortunate that people who are likeliest to make terrible choices are probably also likely to make the choice to have kids. A lot of people who choose not to have kids generally know themselves well enough to make the right choice, which also means that they'd probably be better parents than a lot of the clueless people who wind up with kids they never should have had.