"People Need to Start Having Babies."

[jasonrann]

It can also be absolutely one of the most difficult and awful experiences people have to endure. My family is awesome, both my parents and my own marriage and kids. But it's not guaranteed at all.

Very true.

I had pretty significant trauma growing up. I thought what I learned from it would make me a better parent. It has been EXTREMELY hard for me. My wife (no pic) is very patient and a great mother. That helps at least.

 

[Colonoscopy]

It can also be absolutely one of the most difficult and awful experiences people have to endure. My family is awesome, both my parents and my own marriage and kids. But it's not guaranteed at all.

Sure. But they're not the norm. One of my points is that opinions -- in the basically "it might not be so great" sense -- like you shared circulate widely enough that people that would otherwise be quite happy with family life are scared off.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I'll be the one to bite this bullet, but you also got more and more people, particularly of younger ages, choosing to be gay or lesbian (or trans) as opposed to seeking more traditional hetero relationships, and while these LBGTQ couples will adopt kids or have surrogate kids, that doesn't do near enough to "replenish" the population in this particular regard....................


But I'm sure it'll all work out anyways.