I don't understand why people have children?

[Anonymous]

i don't understand why anybody would want to bring anybody into this crazy world. this world is rapidly reached its limit for the human population. in 2050 the population will be well over its limit at over 9 billion. we pollute the air and the waters everyday, we bring people into a world that were killing slowly everyday. what is morally sound about that? its all insanity, everybody is insane. I don't think the human condition will change. well always be motivated by greed, even though the best thing to do financially would to be secure the environmental future of this world. how can we benefit from anything if were all choked to death by our wastefulness and carelessness?my prediction for the next 50 years is that the air quality will be terrible. with all the people here we won't be able to breath as much. well go from 14 breaths per minute to probably about 10. by the looks of our space program were not going anywhere fast. which makes no sense at all since we should be developing some sort of meteor defense system. I mean we could be wiped out any day by a meteor. that's it everything will turn black and everything will be over. I want to know my children but I just can't stand the thought of trying to bring them up in this insanity.

[tadpole25]

The motives are different for everyone.

Some people do have the means to support a child and the will to make the child grow into someone successful, indepedent and well off in life.

Many people have children for less than noble reasons, such as because of unprotected sex and the like.

Keep in mind that countries like Africa and India don't have Social Security. And also the disease rates are high there. So people want to have 5 kids there. Because in 30 years, they're going to be old and weak, and there is no government assistance or pension plans over there, so they need their children to take care of them. And also, because of the mortality rates. 3 of those 5 kids could die.

[voit3]

What's not to understand? Most people of reproductive age don't think very well. And as far as the lulzy commentary about declining birth rates in developed countries: you can rest assured the quota will be met and blown apart by everyone else and by immigration. This will be especially true when some countries start getting hit with the real deal of global warming in the coming decades. People fail to understand how fragile the line is between order and chaos when it becomes acceptable to live right on that line. And ignorance won't be an excuse for what's to come.

[gogogidget]

It does get pretty depressing when you jump on that common sense train. But people can be short-sighted, egotistical, and selfish. If I had childrne (because I'm selfish, I admit it) it would be for the experience of the bond between parent and child/family, for the opportunity to try and instill a little respect and common sense in a person. The parenting I see these days kind of disgusts me. But if I was unable to find a suitable partner, then I wouldn't bother. It's either do it right or don't do it at all.

[Anonymous]

I understand. I remember when married couples used to have one for two children, and now unmarried couples want to have 3-4 and then break up and the children have to be in the middle.

It's crazy how everyone is so obsessed about reproducing like if it's going to make a difference. Yeah, it will make a difference, like over populating and things getting worse. But I think it would all be okay if people knew how to raise children.

[Eva8686]

I agree with the other comments, one or two is enough! honestly, the people who SHOULDN'T be procreating are the ones having 5+ kids...i dunno...this world is backwards :P

[Anonymous]

It's already been answered correctly and displayed through stupid answers by some other answers in this same question. People are dumb animals... that talk - at least the ones breeding like crazy are.

With that said, there is nothing wrong with the right people having children, in fact that actually helps. Too bad they're not having them as much as the wrong people.

[t-real]

So were your parents the 'right people'? :D

[Opinion Owner]

Who knows. If I was going to breed like an idiot, I would say no. But if I stick to my plan of never having children, they could have been worse.

[kheserthorpe]

You realize every developed country is facing economic ruin due to collapsing birth rates, right?

[Asker]

yet somehow the worlds population continues to increase by 1% every year

[kheserthorpe]

That won't last. As soon as people are urbanized and women enter workforce birth rates fall below replacement.

I expect we will see peak human population in our lifetimes.

[Anonymous]

I agree that the population is getting out of hand, but in terms of the environment

mankind will die out and eventually so will the Earth, it's impossible to prevent

[Anonymous]

blame it on biological imperative. We have a need to procreate. I did limit it to two kids...do I get a cookie for that or anything? ;P

[t-real]

People experience the world in their own way. Obviously most people experience it in a different way than you..

[t-real]

Yay a downvote :D

[Anonymous]

I blame the stupid Democrats.

[Anonymous]

You must be athiest...

[Asker]

so what if iam? what does my views have to do with anything?

[t-real]

@QA: Atheists tend to be 'closed minded' in their view of the world...

[Opinion Owner]

Your view on the world is very sad, although I live in a country with more land and. with more animals then people.

[t-real]

I think yours is sadder :)

[Opinion Owner]

T real who is your last comment for?

[t-real]

QA

[t-real]

My bad.

[t-real]

Lol.

[Asker]

its simple logic, I don't know how you can be happy when people poison the earth on adaily basis. you say iam close minded when I see the world as a whole as a being even. you only see the world from where you are at right now. surrounded by countryside etc etc. won't always be beautiful when the sky isn't blue any more and starts turning black from all the carbon

[Asker]

but iam done wasting my time with you morons

[Anonymous]

People desire children. Deal with it.