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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree OP. It feels like everything is falling apart and there's very little we can do to fix it. It took everyone too long to realize what was happening. I'm struggling not to resent the older generations around me who let it get this bad. I'm grieving the children I will never have because I cannot afford it and because it feels morally wrong to bring a child into this just so I can experience motherhood. [/quote]

I mean this kindly:
Get a grip. Read history. Look at all of the wars, famine, disease. There is nothing new under the sun. If you want to have a kid, have one. It is no worse now than 99% of human history. It is not objectively worse to have kids now than at any other time in history except maybe the 50s but would you really want to be a woman back in the 50s?

And also with the “I can’t afford kids”. Stop being brainwashed into thinking you have to have all of your financials figured out and perfect before you have a kid. Believe me, DCUM would have judged me quite harshly for having a kid when our HHI was 45k back in 2007, with no house, a crappy old car, and not being able to afford daycare. We did it anyway, and had two. Now they are in HS. I figured out my career once the kids were school aged. We were able to buy a house and sending DC1 to college next year. It hasn’t all been perfect - they didn’t do all the fancy activities, didn’t get the fancy Disney vacations or lots of expensive toys, but I would absolutely do it again, even if it meant using welfare and food stamps and living in a tiny apartment. There is really nothing else that gives life purpose as much as having kids.

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I don't think it's right to "give my life purpose" by having kids, knowing full well that I can't keep them safe in this country, that I will not be able to afford a quality education, that they will have to fight and struggle to get a job or afford anything, that climate disasters will get worse and displace more people, that water and food scarcity will increase, etc. This isn't about being able to afford freaking Disney. You need to get a grip and open your eyes to reality. Previous generations at least at the hope that the future would be better for their kids. I do not have that hope. And so I will not be having kids. [/quote]

You are absolutely right. And I'm sorry we are here and you have to make this choice. I just said to my husband if we were just starting out I would not have kids. I have teens who I absolutely adore but I worry about their future. So much is grim and our rights especially women's rights are in jeopardy. [/quote]

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