Rumor has it that humans are the “intelligent” species, but if we’re so intelligent, why on Earth are people still popping out child after child. Does no one think ahead that adding people to this world right now is hugely selfish. And to have 18 kids is just ridiculous! Americans are a huge drain on the Earth. One American hungrily uses more resources than 1,000 people in a third world nation. So adding 18 humans to this earth is like adding 18,000 people in a third world nation. People use resources, resources add to the strain on the Earth as it is, adding to global warming.
I admit that I am childfree and proud of it. I chose not to add children to a world that I think is full of greed and hatred. I chose not to add a person to a world where money makes it go around. I thought ahead about WHY I would have a baby. I’ve heard that statement, “The first child is for me, and the second child is for the first child.” How about not having children just “for you.” Humans should be intelligent enough to see that adding more people, at least more than just replacing yourself, is selfish and, a lot of times, careless. How many children are brought into the world unplanned for and unwanted? I have a sister who selflessly takes in foster children whose parents aren’t able to care for them. There is a huge need for foster parents. But it makes no sense to me how people can take on parenthood with so little care about what they can give their children and what world they’re bringing the children into.
But back to having 18 children. Well, maybe I don’t have much to say because I’m speechless. Years and years ago, when childhood disease and death happened more often, and children worked in the fields and helped their families in one way or another, I could see the reason to have numerous children. But today there is no need to have so many children. It is not getting you closer to God. It is not at all considerate to the world around you. Stop draining the world’s resources and start taking birth control!
If schools give sex education classes these days, they should make it clear to girls and boys that NOT having children is an option. When I was growing up, I always thought I would have two children: a boy and a girl. I thought that because it’s just what seemed to be “the way of the world.” But as I got older, I realized I had a choice, but it was a choice that some people looked down upon. I can’t imagine why anyone would look down upon someone choosing to be childfree, because by being childfree, I am not adding to the world’s burden of carrying capacity. I am not inconsiderate in any way to the world or my neighbors or anyone. In fact, I’m being overly considerate, giving up my childbearing so that maybe there will be a little left for others.
In fact, I’m really not a fan of all of the new technology to create babies in labs. I feel like either you can have them or you can’t. There are so many unwanted kids out there who could use homes, and if you can’t get pregnant, then pitch in and help them out if you so need to have children in your lives. IVF technology produces a lot more multiple births than would occur naturally, so again, people are adding more children than the world needs.
I know that parents who are wanting babies or who have had children will think I’m crazy. They’ll say I simply don’t understand what it’s like to be a mother. And you’re right…I don’t. But I chose ahead of time NOT to find out, and I’m fine with that. I don’t see mother’s with children and think, “Oh, I wish I had one of those.” I’m sure there’s an amazing bond that mom’s have with their kids. I’m sure there’s a lot of fulfillment. But to me, creating a person to get fulfillment is the most selfish thing of all.
If there were a way to have a law against too much procreation, I’d consider backing it. But, of course, I don’t want Big Brother making decisions for us. I want people to be responsible for themselves, their community, and the world. You don’t need to birth a village. Just replace yourself and be done with it, or forego parenthood and give the money you don’t spend on a child toward saving the world any way you can.
Tags: babies, children, procreation, selfish
