I’m struggling with the thought of potentially bringing another person into this world in the future.

Things are so bad already and on track to get worse. Why, with this knowledge, should I have a child? Why should any of us?

I’m not asking this to be some overpopulation crazy eco-fascist but I just genuinely am wondering (and have an open mind) about what the actual implications are of bringing a child into the world right now.

By 2050 it’s pretty broadly agreed upon that things will be HORRIBLE climate wise and even worse if capitalism isn’t defeated soon. 2022 + 80 year potential life span is 2102. What will it be like then?

Why not adopt one of the billions of climate refugees instead?

I don’t know, maybe I’m way out of touch but I just can’t think of a reason to damn a child to a life like that.

  • panic
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    2 years ago

    Adoption has many problems and shouldn’t be thought as a perfect replacement for a biological child. Adoption is for the child/teenager to have a family after every attempt to keep them with their biological one have failed, not for an adult to just get a new baby.

    As an institution, adoption always has a tragedy in a child’s or teen’s lives behind it… I guess unless we’re talking about adopting your step-children. Either their biological family is dead, they are a threat to their lives or decided they can’t be their parents.

    Climate refugees deserve to stay with their families, they already suffered the loss of their land. Adopting them isn’t justice.

    It’s not amoral, however, to desire a biological child and have one with a consenting partner (or a donor). If you can provide a good life for them, that’s more than fine. We are human and wanting to form a family is natural, our families take many shapes.

    It’s also perfectly okay to look at your options, lets say no chance of getting pregnant and inability to properly parent an adopted child or teen through their struggles, and decide you can’t be a parent.