Most men would want children to carry their name forward at some point in their lives.
My husband shares his father’s name (he’s not a Jr. as the first and middle names were flipped). My son is a full Jr. I’m looking forward to my future grandson carrying on the name as a III. He will come from a long line of brave, strong, intelligent men.
Seems some men are choosing to let their line die with them. Fair enough. Their choice.
Well ,the family name can wither away because you have all daughters. A cousin of mine had four daughters, so the family name in their branch of the family died out.
Like you said, kids are not everyone’s priority. If people have a mindset they don’t want kids, I believe they are probably right not to have them.
There are many exceptions, but some traits are more likely to come from the mother, others from the father. Brave and strong tend to come from the father, but intelligence tracks more closely to the mother. For the success of the children, it's important for a man to seek out an intelligent wife. In general, though, the smarter the woman, the fewer children she wants to be bothered with. Men naturally are the external-world facing boss, so don't want a wife much smarter than themselves in that regard. In general, with many exceptions, female intelligence is unfortunately a very self-limiting trait. That is partly why women's brains, at the group level, have about 10% fewer brain cells, and women score about 5% less on honest cognitive tests. You won't ever hear that from the make-believe Democrats.
My husband is the last one in his line. He says that’s a good thing, as his family is so screwed up. (He’s right.)