Is having a child selfish?

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Anonymous wrote:1 or 2, no. Just replacing yourself and partner in continuing our species.

5, 6, 7, 8 + in current times? Yes

No.

The UN says we are facing an over-population catastrophe.

The UN says world population will keep increasing at least until 2100.

It will be a catastrophe. And our doom!

Why am I responsible for other people overpopulating the world? As long as I have 1 or 2 children, I am not contributing to the problem.

Your argument reads like - I am selfish for using a car because there are factories spewing thousands of liters of greenhouse gases into the air

This is a fallacy. By having 1 or 2 children, you contributed to the problem by one or two.

If no one had children the human race would die out.

Though, I wish you could have gone back in time to convince your parents they were being selfish

The human race isn't dying out. We just hit 8 billion. Get your facts right.

The PP said “If no one had children the human race would die out.”

Doesn’t matter if there are 8 billion people today. If none of them had children the human race would be gone in one generation.

Also, explain why the human race dying out wouldn't be a bad thing.

Why did you come to a parenting forum to tell parents they are bad for being parents? What exact need does this serve for you?

DP:

Shouldn’t parents and potential parents be the exact population we need to persuade not to have children, for the good of the planet?

No. Parents already have children.

Is it selfish to keep on existing? You only have control over you.

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Anonymous wrote:1 or 2, no. Just replacing yourself and partner in continuing our species.

5, 6, 7, 8 + in current times? Yes

No.

The UN says we are facing an over-population catastrophe.

The UN says world population will keep increasing at least until 2100.

It will be a catastrophe. And our doom!

Why am I responsible for other people overpopulating the world? As long as I have 1 or 2 children, I am not contributing to the problem.

Your argument reads like - I am selfish for using a car because there are factories spewing thousands of liters of greenhouse gases into the air

This is a fallacy. By having 1 or 2 children, you contributed to the problem by one or two.

If no one had children the human race would die out.

Though, I wish you could have gone back in time to convince your parents they were being selfish

The human race isn't dying out. We just hit 8 billion. Get your facts right.

The PP said “If no one had children the human race would die out.”

Doesn’t matter if there are 8 billion people today. If none of them had children the human race would be gone in one generation.

Also, explain why the human race dying out wouldn't be a bad thing.

Why did you come to a parenting forum to tell parents they are bad for being parents? What exact need does this serve for you?

DP:

Shouldn’t parents and potential parents be the exact population we need to persuade not to have children, for the good of the planet?

Literally how in the world would you like to convince parents to no longer be parents? Are you psychotic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. It's a basic purpose in life. All animals reproduce. Having a child and then buying them the world and stealing from others might be selfish.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Yes. If I had been as wise then as I am now, I wouldn't have inflicted this world on two more innocent souls.

I sincerely hope my kids do not have kids.

[Anonymous]

some of you need to make some major perspective changes so you don't damage the children you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. If I had been as wise then as I am now, I wouldn't have inflicted this world on two more innocent souls.

I sincerely hope my kids do not have kids.

"Little Larla, I wish I'd never had you, and I certainly hope you don't make more of you."

Peachy parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. If I had been as wise then as I am now, I wouldn't have inflicted this world on two more innocent souls.

I sincerely hope my kids do not have kids.

^Control freak.

[Anonymous]

This thread is so dumb. If you believe this logic then anything short of donating all of your money to charity and killing yourself immediately is selfish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so dumb. If you believe this logic then anything short of donating all of your money to charity and killing yourself immediately is selfish.

Precisely.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. If I had been as wise then as I am now, I wouldn't have inflicted this world on two more innocent souls.

I sincerely hope my kids do not have kids.

Hope alone?

Why haven’t you had your children sterilized if you feel that way?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. If I had been as wise then as I am now, I wouldn't have inflicted this world on two more innocent souls.

I sincerely hope my kids do not have kids.

Hope alone?

Why haven’t you had your children sterilized if you feel that way?

That’s barbaric and so archaic.

Are there still any cultures left which do that to children?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is very, very selfish. The world is way overpopulated already. The ramifications of all these people...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is very, very selfish. The world is way overpopulated already. The ramifications of all these people...

Why don’t you do something that’s under your control about that then?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is very, very selfish. The world is way overpopulated already. The ramifications of all these people...

Yes, you’re right. and why can’t people see, if there were no humans, the world would be a much healthier place to live?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is very, very selfish. The world is way overpopulated already. The ramifications of all these people...

Why don’t you do something that’s under your control about that then?

I have, I'm childfree.