Reproducing is not a logical act.

There has always been a threat of what could happen in the future, even before you were born.

I’m not pregnant, but I am scared of having a child. I wouldn’t want a child to be like me. I know my boyfriend would make a great father and I would love the baby with all my heart but I wouldn’t want to pass down too many genes.

Life has always been a crapshoot. We shouldn’t live in fear all the time. Give your kids a good foundation and values and they’ll be okay. I’ve found kids are very resilient and can adapt to a lot of things.

Well, aren’t you a ray of sunshine.

Since when has this not been the case, I wonder, as @cheebdragon notes.

If I were a worrier, I’d be worried about what lies ahead for this old codger.

@CWOTUS Nope, certainly no ray of sunshine, I live in total fear all my life!

@Headhurts That’s sad. You have control over things.

“Hours panicking?” No, never, not ever over anything.

In the 1950’s, weren’t people afraid of impending nuclear war? They built bomb shelters and were afraid of Russia? Not to say I don’t worry about climate change and war, for my child’s future, but “hours panicking” is not an accurate description.

I’m invisible.

It’s one of the reasons I won’t have kids.

What exactly is it that you are afraid will happen to your children? Is there some great threat that I am not aware of?

I hate life. I hate humans, what we are and what we have become. The earth is drastically changing. I don’t want the responsibility of bringing a life into this dismal world.

As others have pointed out, that feeling is nothing new.

The ones I can’t fathom are the parents of the 15 MILLION children every year who starve to death. Why on earth do their parents keep on having babies?

Guess what? Current and expectant fathers worry about how humankind’s tendency to perpetuate ignorance, intolerance and stupidity. These make Dads fear for the future of their children and grandchildren.

@YARNLADY If they don’t have access to birth control, that’s how.

@Dutchess_III head slap How thoughtless of me. I remember now that at lot of people are saying instead of feeding the poor, we should be looking at providing birth control for all who want it.

Why does it have to be an either/or situation @YARNLADY?

With limited resources, a choice often has to be made.

@YARNLADY, so which one would you choose? The way I see it, birth control would mean fewer mouths to feed so the money you save on the food could be applied to birth control. I don’t see them as being mutually exclusive.

Also, this site says 1.5 million children starve to death every year, not 15 million. The total, including adults, is 7 million. It’s still awful, but no need to exaggerate. Also, most of those children are in poverty stricken countries and are being born to uneducated people who may not even know how babies are conceived, much less that there is a way to prevent conception. That is why they “don’t stop having babies.”

And yet this site says 15 million.

I believe the world is already suffering from overpopulation and I support birth control.

I support birth control too. But how do we get it to the people who have children who can’t feed them?

WHO suggests 10 million. I guess I’ll go with that.

@tinyfaery “Other people are the worst part of life. Sometimes, the hardest part of getting thru my day is just knowing that so many other people aren’t dead.” ~ Dan Cummins

I can agree with that, I mean, there are so many people who would be dead if I didn’t have to worry about ending up in prison…so very many….
But you shouldn’t let other people effect how you live your life.

Choking on my coffeee!!! ^^^^

Listen to this….trust me, it’s hilarious.

People don’t affect my life, life affects me. What can I say? I’m a depressive.

“The only thing that stops me from being that guy is a shotgun and some property.” LOL!The only thing that stops me from being Bill Gates is a sex change and 50 bazzilion dollars! (I got kinda distracted by the sound spikes, seeing if they were really caused by his voice, or just random spikes. They’re his!)

“When you’re angry other people aren’t real, they are just road blocks to your happiness, it’s never a mother, a father, or someone who overcame childhood obesity to become a motivational speaker…..no, that is a mother fucker who’s car needs to explode.”
That is me, everyday on the freeway….lmfao

I just thought of something. Why is this question directed at mothers?

Any or all of my kids could be a force for good in this world. What matters is how I raise them. Kids that have little to no problems in their lives don’t have coping mechanisms that are tried and true. Kids who have to deal with problems PLUS super supportive parents will learn that help is available and how to help their fellow humans.

The future is unknowable.