Very true. However, once the child is born do the majority of parents still make most of their decisions based on short term time frames? If you are taking care of a child the time frame has to be shifted forward. And if you love your child it has to be shifted very much to the future.
Based on your comment I will change my comment to "Only those who are caring for children or have cared for children should be allowed to vote"
We are all concerned about the future, whether we have children or not, what about the PRESENT? What our politicians (not really representatives) do today will affect the present and the future. Should one alive now not have a vote? Do their lives not count?
Some do. Three of the worst decision makers I know (1 couple, 1 single mom) have kids. Nothing about the process of having kids garauntees a positive change (or any change at all) in a person's thinking. Poor decision makers are poor decision makers are poor decision makers, whether or not their loins have borne fruit never really seems to change that.
By the standards you're applying Bill Clinton is a better person than the Pope. Think that through a bit.
Good grief. Aside from the preposterous "logic" that having children is both necessary and sufficient for caring about the future, that would be a disaster politically. If you think the extra-Constitutional stuff that government does "for the children" today is bad, just wait until politicians pander *exclusively* to parents.