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Just stop having kids

Please stop. You're causing an increase in the net suffering on earth with every new person. They will suffer and struggle and grow old and die just like you. They are not your legacy, they are whole ass people. They are not "the future" but they will suffer what is coming. They are not going to grow up and solve the world's problems.

Break the cycle. Solve your own problems. Leave a real legacy by making the world different, hopefully better, than it was when you showed up. Don't dump it on future people who aren't even going to get your level of education if things keep going as they are.

Just stop. We are almost to 8 billion. Adopt, don't...breed. It's frankly disgusting and your kid is way more likely to be a loser and/or menace than anything good.
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Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
As most of you know I raised one boy. He's an eagle scout, played violin, went to university, got a degree then went into IT and is now married and has his own place. Meanwhile we lost another in the second trimester and I was a single dad. Then I took in two kids of my friend who died of ovarian cancer. Then I helped the youngest daughter and an old friend whose marriage dissolved and lost her job in the same week. Then a homeless girl whose mother had died. She's now married and expecting. The a boy I met overseas whose father was dying and whose mother was blind with cataracts and was caring for two younger sisters. Their "house" was worse than a pig barn. I provided for his funeral, She can see again, the house is rebuilt, the kids are in school, and they survived volcanoes,typhoons, and the pandemic. We don't need new kids. There are plenty around that we need to support right now! And it doesn't need to go through a church. Over ninety percent of the funds you donate to them puts the pastures kids through private college or supports their private planes. Just do something for someone. I got a birthday cake for one fellow overseas and he broke down in tears. No one had ever made a cake for him in his life and he's in his forties. You can do this! If I can, I know you can too!