Asklemmy

I have 2 kids and I want them, but their mother kidnapped them and took them to another country, leading to tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and mont of mental and emotional anguish. I might be able to see them again, hopefully.

I live in a country that according to a study is the nr 1 in outsourcing their children.
Nanny, babysits, daycare, etc... Parents have less and less time to raise them in our performance-work-oriented societies.
Even if they could and have the time, it is also known they only have a minor part of shaping them.
Outside factors combined, school, their friends and worse of all social media have a bigger impact.
And I see those 'parents' all the time, proud of how they're raising a child while both having successful carreers.
These people wake their kids and see them again when they put them to bed.
On top of that I glanced over an article recently (since I have no kids) about those children that get little attention from their parents.
A lot of mental problems later and even a substantial rise in percentage of psychopats.

I don't have kids because I've never especially liked them, and I think it's morally wrong to have kids if you don't like or want them.

People that don't want children usually think of the potential wellbeing of a future human. People that do want children, usually do so for selfish reasons. It makes sense people who think of environment or other people are more lefties.

Want them, can't afford them. Not in terms of money, living space (which money would solve), or time (which is required to make money). I already feel like I'm drowning on my own, I don't want to also fail my children.

Plus the world is a shitty place.

I'm a communist and don't want children, I guess for related reasons insofar as I don't think there's any such thing as a "good parent" and that raising children in an atomised nuclear family structure will inevitably harm them. I know people will continue to have kids regardless, but I don't feel comfortable being responsible for a child's trauma. I also don't think I'd be interested in having children even if we only consider selfish reasons; it sounds like a lot of stress and financial drain.

Bringing more people into this world where they will suffer is certainly unethical, but at the same time I do understand the argument that parental beliefs have one of the highest impacts of determining child beliefs, so leftists having children could increase the influence of leftism in the world. Right now, I'm not mature enough to be a good parent, but if I ever am, I might adopt.

I don't have a solid yes/no stance personally but at my age I don't think it's going to happen. My conditions for yes are having a reliable partner who wants children. So far I've struggled to find any sort of partner, let alone a reliable one who wants children.

I chose to not have children mainly for the environment. My partner just doesn't like the idea of having children. However, I know a lot of leftist people that have/want children.

I have adult children. They will probably not have children.

I am 22 and at the moment I don't mind having 1 in a fewer years, but definitely not gonna be in the next 4 years, since I feel the world gonna change a lot.

I want children. I know the world is shit right now but we need more of the better people to fix it.

If the left stop breeding, but the right do, then they'll just overtake us.