Having Children Debate
This cluster revolves around debates on whether to have children, emphasizing that it's an optional choice rather than a default or sacrifice, with discussions on selfishness, cultural pressures, regret, and personal freedom.
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Why have a child? It is completely optional.
Not everyone has children or intends to have children.
Another reason to not want kids.
Not having kids isn't a sacrifice. Not having kids is the default. Children, just like smoking or drug addiction (or driving ICE cars), are opt-in.
I disagree with the premise that one should make children for the sake of filling a void.
removing choice. having kids is not something ppl actively choose in most cultures. Its just a part of life.
Well, it's not as if you can just choose to have kids.
The people who aren't going to have kids in any circumstance don't matter.
Anyone can choose not to have kids for whatever reason they please (and it's never selfish to do so), I was just trying to explain why this may be the case for the segment of people he was referring to.
It's interesting to note that you consider having children a selfish choice, because in some cultures, not having children is considered selfish.