[theoreticalmal]

My kiddo is celebrating their second set of holidays this year. I have many friends who espouse some variant of “I don’t want to have kids because I don’t want to pass on my ‘messed up’ genes/the world doesn’t need more people/some other sad excuse”. It makes me wonder what their lives will look like then they’re 40-80 years old.

[ManuelKiessling]

Sad thing is, it’s affecting not just their lives when they are 80 years old, but ours too! Every childless old person is a person for which someone needs to take care of who isn’t family.

That’s not to imply people don’t have the right to choose if they have kids or not — but let’s not pretend that we are not all paying the price for that decision.

[clait]

I’d argue childless couples/people will have saved enough money to pay for their care.

[StefanBatory]

At least in Poland, the societal attitude for having a child when you're poor is that you're "stupid" for doing so and a burden for society.

You can't win either way...