[PaulKersey]

>After all, what unselfish reasons are there that people are using to justify having kids?

Having children doesn't require "justification". It's in the genes, of normal people.

[abandon]

Having children doesn't require "justification". It's in the genes, of normal people.

If it's instinctual, then there's no more reason to praise it than there is to praise a beaver for building a dam. It's just something they're programmed to do and, in a sense, they have no choice in the matter.

[Stone Mountain]

After all, what unselfish reasons are there that people are using to justify having kids?

Having children doesn't require "justification". It's in the genes, of normal people.

Perhaps I mistated myself. I certainly didn't mean to imply that having children requires a justification. My point was that calling people who decide not to have children "selfish" doesn't make that much sense to me. When I hear peoples' reasons for wanting to have kids, they all seem pretty selfish to me. Not that there's anything wrong with looking out for yourself first - I just don't understand how deciding to be child free is viewed primarily as a selfish decision, while having children isn't.