Same here. I’m conscious of what my parents did right and wrong and there was a time when I wanted to do better - but there’s also a big part of me that knows I can’t change the macro environment and is grateful to not have to worry about whether the world will get their shit together about, say, climate change.
Every generation has had its childless outliers for a variety of reasons. The article isn’t about outliers but how the rise of meaninglessness and low fertility have a common source.
Okay so what do you say about people who consciously choose not to have children then?
This is me. I know I’d be a good dad. I just don’t want to be one. And I haven’t been convinced by arguments yet to have one.
Same here. I’m conscious of what my parents did right and wrong and there was a time when I wanted to do better - but there’s also a big part of me that knows I can’t change the macro environment and is grateful to not have to worry about whether the world will get their shit together about, say, climate change.
Every generation has had its childless outliers for a variety of reasons. The article isn’t about outliers but how the rise of meaninglessness and low fertility have a common source.