☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆M to United States | News & PoliticsEnglish · 7 days agoAlmost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to financeswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldchildfree@lemmy.worldusaus_news@lemmygrad.mlnews@hexbear.net
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkAlmost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to financeswww.cbsnews.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆M to United States | News & PoliticsEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldchildfree@lemmy.worldusaus_news@lemmygrad.mlnews@hexbear.net
minus-squareRoopappylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoI love my kids, but if I hadn’t had them, I’d have a lot more money, and less stress from having not quite enough money and lots of responsibility. Don’t let other people or societal expectations pressure you into the decision either way. Do what you think will work best for you.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·6 days agoIts not OK to tell people its OK to have kids any more than its OK to tell someone that its OK to burn an unreasonable amount of fossil fuels.
I love my kids, but if I hadn’t had them, I’d have a lot more money, and less stress from having not quite enough money and lots of responsibility.
Don’t let other people or societal expectations pressure you into the decision either way. Do what you think will work best for you.
Its not OK to tell people its OK to have kids any more than its OK to tell someone that its OK to burn an unreasonable amount of fossil fuels.