That's true. If being surrounded on your deathbed is important, then you need to make sure you have a loving caring family. It is one reason out of many that people have kids.
Having children is the one thing that ANY man and woman couple can do. There is no license to get. There is no test to take. There is no fee to pay.
Anyone can do it. And there are a lot of people who have children and shouldn't. You are correct, it is not your place to decide for them. That's why we live her, and not China.
But you definitely have a stake in it from a societal point of view. Birth rates, tax dollars, crime rates, everything is tied into the "simple" act of child rearing.
Yep, but to me I wouldn't trade the time investment. I really like being with them. My main objective is to guide their souls. If I get to have them by my side when I die I will consider it gravy.