Trouble is, too many people have wanted to propagate the species… if we had only a thousand people in the world, sure, go forth and multiply. But Earth is bulging, with the population nearly tripling in my lifetime alone, and as a physicist said years ago the biggest danger is how people do not understand geometric progression. I decided at age 13 (see: first Earth Day, ZPG) to not have kids after reading The Baby Trap, which urged people to stop and really think about this decision and not just blindly follow society’s dictates. I would not have been a good mother, especially with the role model I had. Plus the poor kid would have had to been born with glasses on… ouch… and if she wasn’t a bright liberal agnostic sciencefiction-loving nerd, well, my mother disowned me for getting glasses I liked and that she didn’t, so, disowning if they’re not like u is what one does, right? ;) Seriously, it’s vital one looks deeply within to see if one is cut out for parenthood. It’s not bad to say one has different priorities or interests or abilities. And it’s vital to save the planet…
Trouble is, too many people have wanted to propagate the species… if we had only a thousand people in the world, sure, go forth and multiply. But Earth is bulging, with the population nearly tripling in my lifetime alone, and as a physicist said years ago the biggest danger is how people do not understand geometric progression. I decided at age 13 (see: first Earth Day, ZPG) to not have kids after reading The Baby Trap, which urged people to stop and really think about this decision and not just blindly follow society’s dictates. I would not have been a good mother, especially with the role model I had. Plus the poor kid would have had to been born with glasses on… ouch… and if she wasn’t a bright liberal agnostic sciencefiction-loving nerd, well, my mother disowned me for getting glasses I liked and that she didn’t, so, disowning if they’re not like u is what one does, right? ;) Seriously, it’s vital one looks deeply within to see if one is cut out for parenthood. It’s not bad to say one has different priorities or interests or abilities. And it’s vital to save the planet…