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You should be asking the opposite question. Why does anyone choose to have children? The answer as far as I can tell for most people is that they didn't actually choose after careful consideration of merits. They either just kinda felt like they wanted kids or were told that they needed to have kids or kids just kinda happened, or some combination of the three. But so much of the terrible part of having kids is hidde…
You should be asking the opposite question. Why does anyone choose to have children? The answer as far as I can tell for most people is that they didn't actually choose after careful consideration of merits. They either just kinda felt like they wanted kids or were told that they needed to have kids or kids just kinda happened, or some combination of the three. But so much of the terrible part of having kids is hidde…
There was already a recent Ask HN on why people have children. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16509949
That's ok. If you read past my first line you'll see that I'm answering the question asked in _this_ one.
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There was already a recent Ask HN on why people have children. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16509949
> There was already a recent Ask HN on why people have children. That's ok. If you read past my first line you'll see that I'm answering the question asked in _this_ one.
No regrets so far. We know we might sometimes later, after retirement. Or not.
You should be asking the opposite question. Why does anyone choose to have children? The answer as far as I can tell for most people is that they didn't actually choose after careful consideration of merits. They either just kinda felt like they wanted kids or were told that they needed to have kids or kids just kinda happened, or some combination of the three. But so much of the terrible part of having kids is hidde…
As a father of a two year old boy, what you’re saying is bullshit. It may satisfy your need to rationalize your decision to not have children, but it’s still bullshit.
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> There was already a recent Ask HN on why people have children. That's ok. If you read past my first line you'll see that I'm answering the question asked in _this_ one.
Maybe if you read the other thread you'll have a more informed opinion on the issue.
You should be asking the opposite question. Why does anyone choose to have children? The answer as far as I can tell for most people is that they didn't actually choose after careful consideration of merits. They either just kinda felt like they wanted kids or were told that they needed to have kids or kids just kinda happened, or some combination of the three. But so much of the terrible part of having kids is hidde…
You’re lucky your parents didn’t share your thoughts. As a father of a two year old boy, what you’re saying is bullshit. It may satisfy your need to rationalize your decision to not have children, but it’s still bullshit.
I'm in my mid-40's, and have yet to have any desire for children. My reasoning essentially has been that if I have children, they will either be like me, or not be like me. Neither of these outcomes encourages me. If they are not like me --- well, I don't think there is any shortage of people in the world that are not like me. Further, I think that lowering the human population is the best thing we can do to prevent…
You should be asking the opposite question. Why does anyone choose to have children? The answer as far as I can tell for most people is that they didn't actually choose after careful consideration of merits. They either just kinda felt like they wanted kids or were told that they needed to have kids or kids just kinda happened, or some combination of the three. But so much of the terrible part of having kids is hidde…
You’re lucky your parents didn’t share your thoughts. As a father of a two year old boy, what you’re saying is bullshit. It may satisfy your need to rationalize your decision to not have children, but it’s still bullshit.