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In reply to the discussion: Today a twenty-something told me that she doesn't plan to have children because of climate change. [View all]C_U_L8R
(45,712 posts)2. I've heard that too.
Not just climate change. There's not a lot of hope for the future out there. We really messed up.
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Today a twenty-something told me that she doesn't plan to have children because of climate change. [View all]
milestogo
Jan 2020
OP
Are you worried about the suffering and challenges your kids are going to endure?
Kaleva
Jan 2020
#102
The nihilism of the 17-25 year olds that I know is remarkable even to this hard Genxer.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2020
#4
How is that? Isn't her decision wise if she only envisions suffering for a child she bears? nt
Blue_true
Jan 2020
#22
Eventually America will only be filled with brainwashed rwnj children if we let the future scare us
dustyscamp
Jan 2020
#5
If I was diagnosed with cancer and had only a little bit of time left on this world
dustyscamp
Jan 2020
#52
The cold hard facts are that the effects of climate change will not be uniform around the world
Kaleva
Jan 2020
#64
I hear somewhat older childless couples among my own friends saying now that they are glad they
hlthe2b
Jan 2020
#8
I don't want children, but when I was a twenty something I didn't know any female who didn't.
milestogo
Jan 2020
#13
Both of my married sons already decided years ago that they won't reproduce.
scarletwoman
Jan 2020
#16
This is not new. Many have been thinking for a long time that this is unsustainable. We cannot in
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2020
#34
Fertility rates have been dropping world wide for decades. Women are feeling their power and
Kurt V.
Jan 2020
#40
I made the same decision back in the 70s & 80s for the same reason. I had no faith that humanity
catbyte
Jan 2020
#42
The planet doesn't need saving. It will outlast the human species by millions of years
Kaleva
Jan 2020
#68
We might not be in this situation had we, the older generation, decided not to have kids.
Kaleva
Jan 2020
#74
For perspective, some 20-somethings a generation ago said the same thing because of nuclear war
JHB
Jan 2020
#79
twenty-somethings are young enough to probably fall victim to the ravages of climate change
Kaleva
Jan 2020
#95
Do any of us older folks worry about the suffering our twenty-something kids are going to endure?
Kaleva
Jan 2020
#97
I wish the evangelical bible-thumpers down the street from me felt the same way.
jcmaine72
Jan 2020
#118