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It’s very worrying hearing the Gen Zers question whether they should have kids in a world that has as many challenges as ours, especially climate change.

I know not everyone can, or wants to have children, but for our species to continue surviving, we need to at least have population replacement.

History has countless examples of people continuing to have children despite terrible circumstances surrounding them. Climate change is a global threat that is very real, but having children is a statement of hope and belief in the human experiment. If we don’t believe that our children could potentially live in a better world than ours, then what’s the point of any of our daily strivings? Why don’t we just give up now?

Zach 2y ago

Poignant questions. I love your point that "having children is a statement of hope and belief in the human experiment " – well put.

One question for you. I agree that history has countless examples of continuing to have children despite terrible circumstances. But, do we have examples of that since we invented birth control? (Sincere question - we might. I just got to thinking that it might be more that people had children because, well, they had they sure weren't going to stop having sex and every now and then that makes children, if the timing's right.)

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Squirrel Master 🐿️ 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 2y ago

Yeah that’s a good point. Birth control definitely makes family planning easier. My point is just that hearing the next generation question whether it makes sense to have children seems entirely backwards thinking, at least in the aggregate

Zach 2y ago

Absolutely agree.