Re:Should we care about people who need never exist?
by watwut on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:03PM
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People with kids I know did not expressed that sentiment. I have heard some of them say that their actual number of kids is enough.
The thing here is that people tend to be more comfortable expressing deeply private thoughts about kids only to those who they suspect have similar outlook.
The ones who have no kids and don't want any—I don't know any of those for whom it would have made a difference, though.
> What I see instead (in my professional friend circles) is people keep putting off having kids until their mid thirties because they end up so focused on their career.
Some of them are doing this because having kids is so expensive. It doesn't seem possible to provide adequately for them without mid-career income (often two mid-career incomes).