I’m never going to let myself get pregnant and have kids, and I couldn’t be happier for it! It’s not for everyone, and it comes with taking massive Ls and facing possible serious trauma or death.
And tbh, this world ain’t all that safe or deserving of most kids. It’s Hellish here. And with climate change… it’s probably better off to ensure any kids that could ever hypothetically be born have a world to enjoy and flourish in first.
We’re in a mass extinction event, after all.
I’m gonna be real, it almost feels a little more than inconsiderate and myopic to have kids right now, when the world is so dangerous and unsafe and uncertain. I believe Gen Z when they say they are depressed and anxious AF because they were brought into the world and it’s a massive mess they didn’t make, but now have to deal with and suffer through. It’s not fair to do that to another potential human, IMO. We’re a sick (and often corrupt/dangerous) species currently and we should fix our shit instead of constantly passing the stick to the next gen, it’s not fair to them and it’s a pitiless approach I can’t really abide by.