Why don’t people want to have kids?

[Matt Damon]

Kids and a wife mean I have to not do what I want for extended periods of time, in fact I have to deal with a bunch of bullshit I'd rather avoid in service to a cause I only nominally care about (making more good humans for the future).

I remember growing up that my dad (who was always around and willing to help and provide for us and never once complained) always seemed desperate just to have some fucking time to himself after a long day at work, but he had a wife and kids who often needed even more of his time at home.

He's told me that he was happy all those years in retrospect, but it's hard for me to believe.

 

[Ratboy Genius]

Idk but like 4 or 5 different people have messaged me on telegram (from the kf chat) just to tell me to have kids. Specifically only white kids.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Because wages don't rise to match inflation.

That's why I support child labor from birth. Little bastards need to earn their keep.

 

[Abowaffen]

Why spend money on having kids when you can buy more funko pops instead?

 

[White_N]

As everyone has already voiced, there are usually two reasons.

1) Money.
In principle, they are not necessary, families with five or more children with average incomes are proof of this, but people still want to be sure that they can give the child everything they need, which is understandable.
It is solved by work and time.


2) Fears/negative experiences
Can I be a decent parent at all? What if the child grows into a monster? Will I be able to handle the responsibility? How will the child be affected by the outside world, and how can I protect him from it? These and many other questions occupy the minds of theorists, but not their practitioners... we need both in one body.

 

[Skeeter Khomen-Getit]

I would say a multitude of reasons, one major factor is being the environment they are being raised in. What I find strange is people want to spread their legacy on this planet, yet choose not to have children. I would rather be remembered by my future kin as opposed to just fading out of existence for good. No animal wants to purposely genocide itself. Sounds ludicrous. Clearly their is an agenda promoting a certain people who are not capable of complex thought. In turn demoralize the people who produce smart offspring. I made it my goal to fix this problem on calling out their retardation and also having multiple kids.

-I'd say the most retarded take goes to my sister, who believes the sun will explode in a billion years, hence why she will not reproduce. Hail the all powerful science, am I right?-

 

[Twinkletard]

We got two kids and we're looking at private school because public school is a death sentence for your kid's future. It's insanely expensive, but we'll have to if we want them to have a shot in life.

I can totally see not wanting to have children if you could barely afford it in today's world and they'll just grow up to be drug addicted criminals thanks to a broken school system.

 

[NyQuilninja]

I would want them to have a better life then mine however the world has moved from those days and I know this isn't possible.

 

[Tanuki Mixed Nuts]

I'll eventually just go into the matrix and won't have time to deal with my kids while I'm hanging out with my virtual wife and kids.

 

[Claude Sigma]

We got two kids and we're looking at private school because public school is a death sentence for your kid's future. It's insanely expensive, but we'll have to if we want them to have a shot in life.

I can totally see not wanting to have children if you could barely afford it in today's world and they'll just grow up to be drug addicted criminals thanks to a broken school system.

It depends on your location and several other stuff, but in a lot of cases with tuition/travel/food and stuff, it's less expensive to actually have one of the two parents quit his/her job and become a home schooler, especially if you take into account the taxes ramifications.
Public school always had a "lowest denominator" policy and a "nanny" role. What is taught to a class in 30 hours a child with an IQ of 100 can learn in 10.
Up to high school-level you can teach anything effortlessly.

If your child is a member of social groups like the scouts, or practice a collective sport often coupled with playdates with other home schoolers, he'll be perfectly socialized as well.

 

[TheGoodNamesHaveBeenTaken]

In my case I never wanted to have kids.
That is the case with many men.
The only reason I am here is back in the 60s my dad wanted my mom and mom wanted kids.
She thought my dad was cute and would make good looking kids.
They dated, turned out they got along and the rest is history.

I was lucky enough to meet the woman who eventually became my wife.
She didn't want to have kids so unlike my father I never had to go along with the idea to find a mate.

There are other factors that have made our decision to not breed a good one but it all goes back to neither of us ever really wanted to.

As far as "leaving my mark on the world" and "immortality" in the sense of having your DNA on the planet after you are dead, neither of those interest me.

Whatever happens to planet earth after me and my wife die is of no interest or concern to me.
I am not so egotistical to think that the world will never be able to get along without some of my DNA.
I have seen plenty of smart, caring, good people, the kind of people who make the world better raise kids that go to college and become the types of people who make the world worse.

So even if you are the type of person who actually does make the world a better place, there is nothing saying that your kids will.

Plus they will be outnumbered by the scum of the earth that are being paid to breed or immigrate to the country if you live in the Western world.

 

[Ewan McGregor]

I do want to have kids but a man who has kids nowadays and has some spine will find himself more likely than not fighting the whole world, including possibly the woman with whom he has had the children, to instill some sense of morality on them.

You don't even have to have fringe views, just nuance, or caution approaches or just not going gung-ho immediately with whatever they're pushing at one particular moment and you'll be called a fascist or reactionary or whatever.

They'll use the teenage years to alienate your kids from you.

Leftists are all intent in that they need to divorce kids from their parents as soon as possible because parents teach them bad morals, so they gotta get'em young so that, they think, they'll see leftist ideas as natural.

Also, other things.

And any child that wouldn't disappoint me would be as much of a misfit as I am, which is not exactly a comfortable life.

 

[Frogget-me-not]

@Gig Bucking Fun Flipping the question around, why do you want kids?

Sure, I do feel bad that my bloodline ends with me, but do I really want to bring another autist or two into the world? And don’t even get me started on all the effort it takes to find a good partner…

 

[Vibe_Guy]

Kid of fucked up parents feels guilt and decides not to be a fucked up parent to their kid by not being one.

 

[Berserk Fury]

I'm personally planning on having kids later on in life as serious relationships and kids at a young age seal your fate and restrict your freedom.

 

[CowPox]

More fleas on the mud ball.

 

[glass_houses]

People with genetic and mental issues (like me) shouldn't breed (like my father did).

 

[AbyssGazer]

I'm really on the fence in this question. The time and money cost of having kids seems unbearable. However, so does the loneliness of growing old without a family around you. After all, your family are the only people who even give a shit if you live or die.

 

[The Magnificence]

I don't like kids.

 

[ATI Escapee]

I just really really dont like kids especially young ones and babies. Sticky, needy, stinky, loud, emotional, expensive.....just let me retreat to my beautifully silent home and do literally anything I want without worrying about another being. Maybe I am selfish. Selfish people make bad parents. I love my non existant kids enough to not put them through that, lol.

But if you want kids, are genuinely financially able and mentally matured, then have at it! I can see the allure of family, it just is not for me.