Bringing a child into the world is about survival of more than just you and your gene pool. It is about survival of the species. We WILL always have dark times. That does not mean we should not have children. So I think having a child in this day and age is not only OKAY it is beneficial. All of our children may not make it through various trials in whatever comes with the future, but we must give them a chance to TRY. If we teach them and other people perhaps some of our ideas will survive. Thus, I don't really buy into the DON'T BRING A CHILD INTO THIS MESSED UP WORLD train of thought. I did for awhile, but no longer once I spent some time thinking about the long term consequences of such thoughts. So I am glad you have a 2 year old. I have 6 children and they are all adults. :) (2 of them are mine biologically, and the other 4 I raised as my own)
You bring up a good valid point butt theoretically let's say that here hundred years into the future governments will be overthrown world is in chaos I mean we can already kind of see the trend of more and more shootings happening at churches schools that kind of stuff. You also see the ratios of children being born with some kind of issues because of the year that we were polluting because of the food that they're throwing all this crap into because of some of the immunizations that are given to babies at such a young age that are necessary at all. And not even mention the fact that the world was scientifically analyzed and found to comfortably live only a third of the people that are on the Earth right now are needed for it to hit its maximum capacity. Yes having children is the most wonderful thing in my life but at what point as a parent once the times get bad enough when there's more shootings once there's people dying in large quantities every day from these incidents is it immature no matter how much you want to have a child to have a child. Because you mark my words that day will come and may not be in my lifetime and may not be in my son's life time but eventually more people than not are going to be with me and what I'm trying to say here the world is heading to a dark place and we're heading there quick.
@iwonttell - [2] - You hit the nesting limit so here is my response. By using an @ symbol and your name I believe it still notifies you of this post in your replies.
I can see your point. I do not see any point where I cease to try to survive, or permit my children to try to survive. No matter how difficult things get it is not the state of the world that would make me choose such a decision. Ultimately, could I teach the child, am I qualified to share ideas that may make them persevere? The key word there is MAY. If I cannot do those things then I probably should wisely choose not to have a child. If I can do those things then I should try no matter how slim the chances may seem to be.