30 Honest Reasons Why People Don’t Want Kids, Tweeted In Response To The News That The US Birth Rate Continues To Plummet

This should be higher. So accurate, and I think there are many people in similar situations that feel the same.

You forgot to include the unstable future outlook for the childen-to-be.

That’s not “world” thats America .

Them: "Who should sustain our welfare if there are no kids?". Also them: "Do not complain if you leave colleague with a debt, have no parental leave and cannot afford a house."

Inaccurate. I'm a married man and I frequently get asked when or why we are not having kids. Since we are unable to have kids, it's really depressing being pestered about it all the time.

I'll just say that if my mom hadn't felt pressured to have kids I would have had a much better childhood.

i mean... we kinda are

"Who cares" is also a question that people who want children ask themselves. And if the answer is "No one cares for my family" then they might not have children.

And climate change. Species extinction, etc.

Correction *more* than your yearly rent

Let's not forget about inflation on top of those stagnant wages

Godexx forbid we have paid parental leave like nearly every other industrialized nation on earth.

Yup. We are poor because we had kids - because to nurse them it is impossible to work and then kids get sick, a lot, which means someone has to be home with them - we have minimal sick leave and this makes working and having a child impossible. So one of us is home (me), BUT as a biologist/biochemist who understands evolution I also understand this artificial bottleneck in our population is a genetic opportunity. We're financially poor, deliberately, but banking on generational (non-economic) wealth. There is rich and there is rich, we have a rich life and we also get to go extreme minimal on our taxing the earth (our household is carbon neutral for eg) and we have kids. We'll never be middle class (rich to me), but maybe that's okay, IDK.

This!!!

DUH

I know exactly how that feels. And it isn't good.

$13k is just a yearly daycare bill in our household.

You also have the right to ask them why they are so concerned with what goes on in your crotchal region. Those are the same types of people who are overly concerned with the genitals of said child (not in a pedo way, just 'is it a girl or a boy'). Of course, that invites more conversation. A good 'none of your fu***** business' is an acceptable answer, too. Just be sure to yell it really loudly and make them uncomfortable. I highly suggest Naruto running the other way after yelling it, maybe throw and iced coffee on them for good measure. Maybe they'll think twice or at least spread it around that you're crazy. Fewer questions.

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Gotta ask about the text-censorship in this post. One word largely blacked-out, then the same(?) word not blacked out. Is this a human error, or machine error, or just an overall bad idea?

For f-u-c-king real.

This.

Kidnapping. The third option. (Although I wouldn't recommend it.)

Actually, it WILL maim you permanently. Some get away with small, easy to ignore problems, but that little parasite will leave you with some permanent damage that you will then be routinely ignored or gaslit for. And make no mistake, a fetus may not be a parasite in it's full definition, but it is absolutely parasitic on the host's body.

because👏 we👏 are👏 broke👏

It's called the American Dream, because it's just that, a dream.

I concur.

It's not counterintuitive at all. This relationship is well-known. Education and privilege mean more choice, general, and given real choices in life, women in almost all cultures will choose to have fewer children.

This

well most parents are doing the "counting on a lot of people to not have kids and make the world a better place in a generation"

𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝐷𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑜.

Ask them why *they* think that you should have a child. That will be a riot.

What a waste of money.

Right, and millennials are trying to tell everyone that they are not confident about the future.

This should be higher

I was in line to pick up a uniform etc. at a job fair at our local baseball stadium last year. The majority of the jobs were part-time. The man directly in front of me was older and telling his friend how he was raising his grandkids (couldn't help but overhear). I got the impression that he wasn't too happy about that but had no choice. Also he really needed the extra income from this little part-time job with relatively few hours. Then of course the pandemic hit, no baseball! I often think about that man and his family. I hope they are doing okay...

Some of us just hate children and that’s #1 why we won’t have kids. Plus being too busy and preferring vacations and sex more.

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I know families with more than two kids who are definitely not wealthy. They make it work and it’s worth it to them. It also requires huge sacrifices in other areas. It’s not right or wrong, it depends on priorities and most people will decide it isn’t worth it for them.

If you don’t want to be judged for not having kids, extend the same courtesy to those who do have them. Having children is not abuse, and the lives of children born today will likely be better than those of 99% of humans who have ever lived. Don’t have children if you don’t want, but don’t be a judgmental asshole while complaining about other people being judgmental assholes.

My reasons why I never had kids - all of the above. And then some hard honesty... 1. they're noisy. 2. they cost a lot of money to raise. 3. I'm selfish and want all my money for ME. 4. they make a lot of messes. 5. they carry a lot of germs. 6. they're just downright annoying - the talking, the crying. 7. I just can't stand to be around them. There, I've said it. Call me a b*tch, but I don't care. I won't even date someone with kids.