30 Honest Reasons Why People Don t Want Kids Tweeted In Response To The News That The US Birth Rate Continues To Plummet
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Publish Not your original work? Add source The National Center for Health Statistics, part of the CDC, shared some worrying numbers in a report published on Wednesday this week: the number of babies born in the United States dropped by a whopping 4 percent in 2020, compared to the previous year. It's part of a trend that has seen the lowest number of births in the country since 1979. In the long-term, this could spell serious issues for the country (or might be beneficial to the planet, depending on your point of view). And while everyone-from experts to ordinary Americans-appears to have an opinion as to _why_ the birth rates are declining, not all of those reasons apply to everyone equally. So the women of America took to Twitter and explained exactly why they personally aren't having children and might not want to start a family in the future. They're refreshingly honest takes on the question. You'll find their candid opinions below, so have a read, and let us know what you think, dear Pandas. Remember, this is a sensitive subject with people likely to have very strong opinions both for and against having kids, so let's all try to keep it civil. This post may include affiliate links. #1 urlnotfound Report Final score: 294points POST Gracie Jay Gracie Jay Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This should be higher. So accurate, and I think there are many people in similar situations that feel the same. 39 39points reply View more comments #2 annehelen Report Final score: 283points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You forgot to include the unstable future outlook for the childen-to-be. 80 80points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 4ColorCrack Report Final score: 266points POST Samantha PandaNotBored Samantha PandaNotBored Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That’s not “world” thats America . 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments According to the National Center for Health Statistics., the US total fertility rate remains far below replacement. "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971 and has consistently been below replacement since 2007," they explain. #4 MissBGause Report Final score: 261points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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." 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 lyta_gold Report Final score: 257points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 70 70points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 ToriGlass Report Final score: 245points POST Winx Winx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'll just say that if my mom hadn't felt pressured to have kids I would have had a much better childhood. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments Last year, around 3.6 million babies were born in the United States. Meanwhile, the number of births was found to have fallen across the board, across all ethnicities and origins. What's more, the birthrate fell in most age groups and failed to go up in any one of them. And while these unborn Americans could be replaced by immigrants from other nations, if we're talking purely in cold economic terms, that's another sensitive political discussion that's been splitting the US in two. #7 sinnamarie Report Final score: 241points POST Iso Iso Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i mean... we kinda are 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 YuckyTom Report Final score: 225points POST Marianne Marianne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "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. 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Leahgreenb Report Final score: 217points POST Terd Fergison Terd Fergison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And climate change. Species extinction, etc. 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments Full disclosure, dear Pandas: this reporter is very pro-people. I come from a fairly large family and I can't imagine not wanting to have lots and lots of kids (maybe on a ranch somewhere or we could all become amateur detectives in a major city). However, one of my cardinal virtues is the freedom of will. It's pretty much at the top of my hierarchy of what's important. So I could never imagine telling somebody that they must or must not have kids, for whatever reasons. It's down to each and every one of us to decide what we should do for our very own personal reasons. #10 HufflepuffLord Report Final score: 202points POST Winx Winx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Correction *more* than your yearly rent 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 uncivilobedient Report Final score: 200points POST Valisbourne Spiritforge Valisbourne Spiritforge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Let's not forget about inflation on top of those stagnant wages 36 36points reply View more comments #12 tanzinavega Report Final score: 199points POST Abby Not Normal Abby Not Normal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Godexx forbid we have paid parental leave like nearly every other industrialized nation on earth. 62 62points reply View More Replies... View more comments And while the human race has its fair share of problems, from the mundane and irritating to the downright devastating, it's also full of light. Not to sound too childish, but I like people. So the fact that there are fewer people being born than in previous years means there's a bit less potential awesomeness and creativity in the world. But, hey, your point of view might be different-and I'm perfectly fine with that. #13 Lollerwaffle Report Final score: 171points POST Cynthia Bonville Cynthia Bonville Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 19 19points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 BVJoehnk Report Final score: 154points POST Jaclyn Levy Jaclyn Levy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This!!! 18 18points reply View more comments #15 ElyKreimendahl Report Final score: 148points POST Lady Artemis Lady Artemis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago DUH 10 10points reply View more comments While it's everyone's individual choice whether to have children, when we zoom out to the macro scale, there are potentially disastrous implications to society. Simply put, society can't function without people. Without them, you don't have a strong country: you have fewer innovators and friendly neighbors willing to lend a helping hand. You simply have a mass of land with very few things going on there. #16 JessLeeEsq Report Final score: 148points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know exactly how that feels. And it isn't good. 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 Adalis Report Final score: 134points POST Jane Martin Jane Martin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago $13k is just a yearly daycare bill in our household. 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 hideflen Report Final score: 127points POST C.S. E. C.S. E. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 14 14points reply View more comments So, dear Readers, what do you think about this difficult topic? What's your view about the declining birth rate in the US and the reasons people give for not wanting children? Do you think that there should be fewer people on Planet Earth or does the problem lie not in the number of people but in our lifestyles and how we view the environment? Share your thoughts below. #19 DrDFox1 Report Final score: 126points POST Arthur Waite Arthur Waite Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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? 27 27points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 TelstarMan Report Final score: 122points POST Terd Fergison Terd Fergison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago For f-u-c-king real. 18 18points reply View more comments #21 _preetysidhu Report Final score: 112points POST Brandy Grote Brandy Grote Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This. 15 15points reply View more comments #22 AlexesJohnson Report Final score: 111points POST Raven Sheridan Raven Sheridan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kidnapping. The third option. (Although I wouldn't recommend it.) 42 42points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 morninggloria Report Final score: 107points POST C.S. E. C.S. E. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 11 11points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 jordanzakarin Report Final score: 104points POST Readingstarwiz Readingstarwiz Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago because we are broke 13 13points reply View more comments #25 Acliz12 Report Final score: 102points POST Raven Sheridan Raven Sheridan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's called the American Dream, because it's just that, a dream. 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #26 powerchowder69 Report Final score: 92points POST Terd Fergison Terd Fergison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I concur. 7 7points reply View more comments #27 WelshKthrn Report Final score: 89points POST #28 shannon_last Report Final score: 88points POST Ronna Stefan Ronna Stefan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 29 29points reply View more comments #29 anitasunshiine Report Final score: 76points POST Miriam L Miriam L Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This 8 8points reply View more comments #30 SaraJacobsCA Report Final score: 76points POST elStiJneriNO elStiJneriNO Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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" 8 8points reply Note: this post originally had 47 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! 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Those who are happily child free, and those who want children but can't due to economic or other outside factors The first is great! People should be able to live their lives as they want, and children deserve to be raised by parents who truly want them. The second is not only heartbreaking for the people involved, but when it is widespread across an entire generation is a serious red flag that society is broken. 50 50points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Very thoughtful and insightful 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Totally agree 5 5points reply Michał Jastrzębski Michał Jastrzębski Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago so, those that do work are to upkeep not just those that dont, but also their kids? Entitlement... -2 -2points reply John Louis John Louis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How about the fact that in no time in my life did I ever want children. I don't need to explain this, It is my preference and that's it. 40 40points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago As a mom of 4, I look at it like joining the Army. I'm really grateful to the people who've willingly signed up, and appreciate all their efforts and sacrifice, but it's just an occupation I'm totally uninterested in. Being a parent is the same. I totally respect people who just aren't interested in being parents and don't give into societal/familial pressure to do so. It is a really tough job, but I love doing it. I couldn't imagine doing it if I didn't really want to. It would be awful for everyone involved. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Linda Cowley Linda Cowley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good point well made 4 4points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Thank you! :) 1 1point reply elStiJneriNO elStiJneriNO Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago thanks for explaining 11 11points reply Birgit M Birgit M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Same here! 2 2points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah seriously. All these excuses. How about I just don’t want to so I won’t. 1 1point reply RiaDeCaterpillar RiaDeCaterpillar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is perfectly fine if you don't want kids. But kid shamming goes both ways. I have been made fun of for wanting lots of kids just as much as my friend has been made fun of for wanting no kids. 17 17points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago But at the end on the day, women with kids have more positive representation in society and the media than women without kids. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Lunar Bicycle Lunar Bicycle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think it’s natural for some people to want large families, but in this day and age, especially in wealthy nations in which each individual consumes an ecologically devastating amount of resources, it’s important to ask if it’s the right thing to do. 3 3points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago IT is as much right thing to do as not having kids. Don't shame people for their personal choice 0 0points reply Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Because it is irresponsible if you live in a society that has birth control and options. I come from a huge family, and my generation and younger are all having far fewer children than previous generations. 1 1point reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And that's your choice. Don't shame people who choose otherwise 1 1point reply Erik Granqvist Erik Granqvist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You are wrong. Parents can be very responsible and have lots of kids. We were 8, and my parents was the best possible parents. It is, very much, about what settings you live in and the circumstances around you. It is also about what you choose to make a priority. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Who cares. -4 -4points reply Frankenfrog Frankenfrog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I feel in this day and age having children is pure egotistical. No sympathy here -4 -4points reply Load More Comments POST Annamagelic Annamagelic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) People choosing not to have children fall into two categories. Those who are happily child free, and those who want children but can't due to economic or other outside factors The first is great! People should be able to live their lives as they want, and children deserve to be raised by parents who truly want them. The second is not only heartbreaking for the people involved, but when it is widespread across an entire generation is a serious red flag that society is broken. 50 50points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Very thoughtful and insightful 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Totally agree 5 5points reply Michał Jastrzębski Michał Jastrzębski Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago so, those that do work are to upkeep not just those that dont, but also their kids? Entitlement... -2 -2points reply John Louis John Louis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How about the fact that in no time in my life did I ever want children. I don't need to explain this, It is my preference and that's it. 40 40points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago As a mom of 4, I look at it like joining the Army. I'm really grateful to the people who've willingly signed up, and appreciate all their efforts and sacrifice, but it's just an occupation I'm totally uninterested in. Being a parent is the same. I totally respect people who just aren't interested in being parents and don't give into societal/familial pressure to do so. It is a really tough job, but I love doing it. I couldn't imagine doing it if I didn't really want to. It would be awful for everyone involved. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Linda Cowley Linda Cowley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good point well made 4 4points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Thank you! :) 1 1point reply elStiJneriNO elStiJneriNO Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago thanks for explaining 11 11points reply Birgit M Birgit M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Same here! 2 2points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah seriously. All these excuses. How about I just don’t want to so I won’t. 1 1point reply RiaDeCaterpillar RiaDeCaterpillar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is perfectly fine if you don't want kids. But kid shamming goes both ways. I have been made fun of for wanting lots of kids just as much as my friend has been made fun of for wanting no kids. 17 17points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago But at the end on the day, women with kids have more positive representation in society and the media than women without kids. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Lunar Bicycle Lunar Bicycle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think it’s natural for some people to want large families, but in this day and age, especially in wealthy nations in which each individual consumes an ecologically devastating amount of resources, it’s important to ask if it’s the right thing to do. 3 3points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago IT is as much right thing to do as not having kids. Don't shame people for their personal choice 0 0points reply Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Because it is irresponsible if you live in a society that has birth control and options. I come from a huge family, and my generation and younger are all having far fewer children than previous generations. 1 1point reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And that's your choice. Don't shame people who choose otherwise 1 1point reply Erik Granqvist Erik Granqvist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You are wrong. Parents can be very responsible and have lots of kids. We were 8, and my parents was the best possible parents. It is, very much, about what settings you live in and the circumstances around you. It is also about what you choose to make a priority. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Who cares. -4 -4points reply Frankenfrog Frankenfrog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I feel in this day and age having children is pure egotistical. No sympathy here -4 -4points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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30 Honest Reasons Why People Don t Want Kids Tweeted In Response To The News That The US Birth Rate Continues To Plummet
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Publish Not your original work? Add source The National Center for Health Statistics, part of the CDC, shared some worrying numbers in a report published on Wednesday this week: the number of babies born in the United States dropped by a whopping 4 percent in 2020, compared to the previous year. It's part of a trend that has seen the lowest number of births in the country since 1979. In the long-term, this could spell serious issues for the country (or might be beneficial to the planet, depending on your point of view). And while everyone-from experts to ordinary Americans-appears to have an opinion as to _why_ the birth rates are declining, not all of those reasons apply to everyone equally. So the women of America took to Twitter and explained exactly why they personally aren't having children and might not want to start a family in the future. They're refreshingly honest takes on the question. You'll find their candid opinions below, so have a read, and let us know what you think, dear Pandas. Remember, this is a sensitive subject with people likely to have very strong opinions both for and against having kids, so let's all try to keep it civil. This post may include affiliate links. #1 urlnotfound Report Final score: 294points POST Gracie Jay Gracie Jay Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This should be higher. So accurate, and I think there are many people in similar situations that feel the same. 39 39points reply View more comments #2 annehelen Report Final score: 283points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You forgot to include the unstable future outlook for the childen-to-be. 80 80points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 4ColorCrack Report Final score: 266points POST Samantha PandaNotBored Samantha PandaNotBored Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That’s not “world” thats America . 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments According to the National Center for Health Statistics., the US total fertility rate remains far below replacement. "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971 and has consistently been below replacement since 2007," they explain. #4 MissBGause Report Final score: 261points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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." 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 lyta_gold Report Final score: 257points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 70 70points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 ToriGlass Report Final score: 245points POST Winx Winx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'll just say that if my mom hadn't felt pressured to have kids I would have had a much better childhood. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments Last year, around 3.6 million babies were born in the United States. Meanwhile, the number of births was found to have fallen across the board, across all ethnicities and origins. What's more, the birthrate fell in most age groups and failed to go up in any one of them. And while these unborn Americans could be replaced by immigrants from other nations, if we're talking purely in cold economic terms, that's another sensitive political discussion that's been splitting the US in two. #7 sinnamarie Report Final score: 241points POST Iso Iso Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i mean... we kinda are 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 YuckyTom Report Final score: 225points POST Marianne Marianne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "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. 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Leahgreenb Report Final score: 217points POST Terd Fergison Terd Fergison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And climate change. Species extinction, etc. 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments Full disclosure, dear Pandas: this reporter is very pro-people. I come from a fairly large family and I can't imagine not wanting to have lots and lots of kids (maybe on a ranch somewhere or we could all become amateur detectives in a major city). However, one of my cardinal virtues is the freedom of will. It's pretty much at the top of my hierarchy of what's important. So I could never imagine telling somebody that they must or must not have kids, for whatever reasons. It's down to each and every one of us to decide what we should do for our very own personal reasons. #10 HufflepuffLord Report Final score: 202points POST Winx Winx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Correction *more* than your yearly rent 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 uncivilobedient Report Final score: 200points POST Valisbourne Spiritforge Valisbourne Spiritforge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Let's not forget about inflation on top of those stagnant wages 36 36points reply View more comments #12 tanzinavega Report Final score: 199points POST Abby Not Normal Abby Not Normal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Godexx forbid we have paid parental leave like nearly every other industrialized nation on earth. 62 62points reply View More Replies... View more comments And while the human race has its fair share of problems, from the mundane and irritating to the downright devastating, it's also full of light. Not to sound too childish, but I like people. So the fact that there are fewer people being born than in previous years means there's a bit less potential awesomeness and creativity in the world. But, hey, your point of view might be different-and I'm perfectly fine with that. #13 Lollerwaffle Report Final score: 171points POST Cynthia Bonville Cynthia Bonville Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 19 19points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 BVJoehnk Report Final score: 154points POST Jaclyn Levy Jaclyn Levy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This!!! 18 18points reply View more comments #15 ElyKreimendahl Report Final score: 148points POST Lady Artemis Lady Artemis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago DUH 10 10points reply View more comments While it's everyone's individual choice whether to have children, when we zoom out to the macro scale, there are potentially disastrous implications to society. Simply put, society can't function without people. Without them, you don't have a strong country: you have fewer innovators and friendly neighbors willing to lend a helping hand. You simply have a mass of land with very few things going on there. #16 JessLeeEsq Report Final score: 148points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know exactly how that feels. And it isn't good. 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 Adalis Report Final score: 134points POST Jane Martin Jane Martin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago $13k is just a yearly daycare bill in our household. 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 hideflen Report Final score: 127points POST C.S. E. C.S. E. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 14 14points reply View more comments So, dear Readers, what do you think about this difficult topic? What's your view about the declining birth rate in the US and the reasons people give for not wanting children? Do you think that there should be fewer people on Planet Earth or does the problem lie not in the number of people but in our lifestyles and how we view the environment? Share your thoughts below. #19 DrDFox1 Report Final score: 126points POST Arthur Waite Arthur Waite Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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? 27 27points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 TelstarMan Report Final score: 122points POST Terd Fergison Terd Fergison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago For f-u-c-king real. 18 18points reply View more comments #21 _preetysidhu Report Final score: 112points POST Brandy Grote Brandy Grote Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This. 15 15points reply View more comments #22 AlexesJohnson Report Final score: 111points POST Raven Sheridan Raven Sheridan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kidnapping. The third option. (Although I wouldn't recommend it.) 42 42points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 morninggloria Report Final score: 107points POST C.S. E. C.S. E. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 11 11points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 jordanzakarin Report Final score: 104points POST Readingstarwiz Readingstarwiz Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago because we are broke 13 13points reply View more comments #25 Acliz12 Report Final score: 102points POST Raven Sheridan Raven Sheridan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's called the American Dream, because it's just that, a dream. 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #26 powerchowder69 Report Final score: 92points POST Terd Fergison Terd Fergison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I concur. 7 7points reply View more comments #27 WelshKthrn Report Final score: 89points POST #28 shannon_last Report Final score: 88points POST Ronna Stefan Ronna Stefan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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. 29 29points reply View more comments #29 anitasunshiine Report Final score: 76points POST Miriam L Miriam L Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This 8 8points reply View more comments #30 SaraJacobsCA Report Final score: 76points POST elStiJneriNO elStiJneriNO Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 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" 8 8points reply Note: this post originally had 47 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! 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Those who are happily child free, and those who want children but can't due to economic or other outside factors The first is great! People should be able to live their lives as they want, and children deserve to be raised by parents who truly want them. The second is not only heartbreaking for the people involved, but when it is widespread across an entire generation is a serious red flag that society is broken. 50 50points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Very thoughtful and insightful 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Totally agree 5 5points reply Michał Jastrzębski Michał Jastrzębski Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago so, those that do work are to upkeep not just those that dont, but also their kids? Entitlement... -2 -2points reply John Louis John Louis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How about the fact that in no time in my life did I ever want children. I don't need to explain this, It is my preference and that's it. 40 40points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago As a mom of 4, I look at it like joining the Army. I'm really grateful to the people who've willingly signed up, and appreciate all their efforts and sacrifice, but it's just an occupation I'm totally uninterested in. Being a parent is the same. I totally respect people who just aren't interested in being parents and don't give into societal/familial pressure to do so. It is a really tough job, but I love doing it. I couldn't imagine doing it if I didn't really want to. It would be awful for everyone involved. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Linda Cowley Linda Cowley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good point well made 4 4points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Thank you! :) 1 1point reply elStiJneriNO elStiJneriNO Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago thanks for explaining 11 11points reply Birgit M Birgit M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Same here! 2 2points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah seriously. All these excuses. How about I just don’t want to so I won’t. 1 1point reply RiaDeCaterpillar RiaDeCaterpillar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is perfectly fine if you don't want kids. But kid shamming goes both ways. I have been made fun of for wanting lots of kids just as much as my friend has been made fun of for wanting no kids. 17 17points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago But at the end on the day, women with kids have more positive representation in society and the media than women without kids. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Lunar Bicycle Lunar Bicycle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think it’s natural for some people to want large families, but in this day and age, especially in wealthy nations in which each individual consumes an ecologically devastating amount of resources, it’s important to ask if it’s the right thing to do. 3 3points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago IT is as much right thing to do as not having kids. Don't shame people for their personal choice 0 0points reply Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Because it is irresponsible if you live in a society that has birth control and options. I come from a huge family, and my generation and younger are all having far fewer children than previous generations. 1 1point reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And that's your choice. Don't shame people who choose otherwise 1 1point reply Erik Granqvist Erik Granqvist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You are wrong. Parents can be very responsible and have lots of kids. We were 8, and my parents was the best possible parents. It is, very much, about what settings you live in and the circumstances around you. It is also about what you choose to make a priority. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Who cares. -4 -4points reply Frankenfrog Frankenfrog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I feel in this day and age having children is pure egotistical. No sympathy here -4 -4points reply Load More Comments POST Annamagelic Annamagelic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) People choosing not to have children fall into two categories. Those who are happily child free, and those who want children but can't due to economic or other outside factors The first is great! People should be able to live their lives as they want, and children deserve to be raised by parents who truly want them. The second is not only heartbreaking for the people involved, but when it is widespread across an entire generation is a serious red flag that society is broken. 50 50points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Very thoughtful and insightful 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Totally agree 5 5points reply Michał Jastrzębski Michał Jastrzębski Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago so, those that do work are to upkeep not just those that dont, but also their kids? Entitlement... -2 -2points reply John Louis John Louis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How about the fact that in no time in my life did I ever want children. I don't need to explain this, It is my preference and that's it. 40 40points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago As a mom of 4, I look at it like joining the Army. I'm really grateful to the people who've willingly signed up, and appreciate all their efforts and sacrifice, but it's just an occupation I'm totally uninterested in. Being a parent is the same. I totally respect people who just aren't interested in being parents and don't give into societal/familial pressure to do so. It is a really tough job, but I love doing it. I couldn't imagine doing it if I didn't really want to. It would be awful for everyone involved. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Linda Cowley Linda Cowley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good point well made 4 4points reply Jessica Shookhoff Jessica Shookhoff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Thank you! :) 1 1point reply elStiJneriNO elStiJneriNO Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago thanks for explaining 11 11points reply Birgit M Birgit M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Same here! 2 2points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah seriously. All these excuses. How about I just don’t want to so I won’t. 1 1point reply RiaDeCaterpillar RiaDeCaterpillar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It is perfectly fine if you don't want kids. But kid shamming goes both ways. I have been made fun of for wanting lots of kids just as much as my friend has been made fun of for wanting no kids. 17 17points reply Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago But at the end on the day, women with kids have more positive representation in society and the media than women without kids. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Lunar Bicycle Lunar Bicycle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I think it’s natural for some people to want large families, but in this day and age, especially in wealthy nations in which each individual consumes an ecologically devastating amount of resources, it’s important to ask if it’s the right thing to do. 3 3points reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago IT is as much right thing to do as not having kids. Don't shame people for their personal choice 0 0points reply Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Because it is irresponsible if you live in a society that has birth control and options. I come from a huge family, and my generation and younger are all having far fewer children than previous generations. 1 1point reply Monilip Monilip Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And that's your choice. Don't shame people who choose otherwise 1 1point reply Erik Granqvist Erik Granqvist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You are wrong. Parents can be very responsible and have lots of kids. We were 8, and my parents was the best possible parents. It is, very much, about what settings you live in and the circumstances around you. It is also about what you choose to make a priority. 0 0points reply Mewton’s Third Paw Mewton’s Third Paw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Who cares. -4 -4points reply Frankenfrog Frankenfrog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. I feel in this day and age having children is pure egotistical. No sympathy here -4 -4points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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