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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]llmart
(16,331 posts)44. This is nothing new.
I remember some saying that back in the 60's.
I am so glad that I'm not as pessimistic as some on this board. I'm also so glad that I had my two children and that I now have a grandchild. Many women in their late 30's/early 40's (and beyond I guess) are paying thousands of dollars to do IVF just so they can have a child. The human biological urge to procreate is one of the strongest of human behaviors.
Some of those new babies may grow up to be people who find solutions to the problems that need to be addressed.
People are not going to stop having babies. I have never for one moment in my 70 years regretted having my two children.
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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