10 selfless reasons not to have children

Arguments like “if I don’t have children, then I can devote more time to myself” have long been considered selfish. Non-existent children are not somewhere in zero gravity. Here are 10 completely truthful and unselfish reasons against having children.

10. Children inherit your flaws

It doesn't matter if you are fat or thin, you have a huge nose or thin lips, etc. There must still be a physical feature that you will be unhappy with. You did not have a choice, and your child will not have a choice either. Children will become carriers of physical and other disabilities. Isn't it selfish to create a person with a defect that you are already very familiar with?

We drag innocent souls into ugly substances from which they will never be able to get out. We create their identity. And we are responsible for the way they were born. It is not just not selfish, but even a little noble - to decide not to pass on your negative traits and qualities to those who did not ask for it. If anything, it's best not to take responsibility if you're not sure about it.

9. Ending aiding in violence

Many human destinies would not have been broken by the horrors of the Holocaust, and Hitler's name would not have appeared in history books if his mother had read this article. Children often grow up to be murderers or rapists. Just imagine that your child can become someone you truly hate.

But he can grow up to be both a bad person and a great scientist. All this is like playing Russian roulette with statistics. You never know the future of your children.

8. Possible loss of harmony in the family

As we are accustomed to, to start cooperation with someone, mutual consent is required, with the exception of infrequent cases. Birth is the greatest event in life, but the fact is that your consent was not asked at the time of conception.

If we are happy with our life, then our descendants should also be happy with it. But because of some impermanence of this statement, in the world every day many people kill themselves. Many people regret their birth. And your child can become one of them, because the creation of a new life is extremely doubtful.

7. Reducing competition for other children

If you don't have a child, then there will automatically be fewer competitors for other children. Imagine a small town with twenty families. They will all compete with each other. And if at least five families refuse to have a baby, then everything will become easier for the rest of the children.

And the likelihood of getting to work for them after many years will increase significantly, because your child is not among those who get a job there. And it's all thanks to your decision not to have children. And other parents should be grateful for your principles.

6. Medicine will work for patients in need

If you refuse to have offspring, you will use medical services at times less. After all, pregnant women make up the lion's share of all hospital patients. And then all the nurses, hospital wards and beds will go to those who really need it.

5. Fewer lives will depend on you, so there will be more energy and time for yourself

A person's life is all the more valuable if many other lives depend on it (meaning children). And it is morally doubtful if, instead of a bachelor, someone chooses a man with two children and a sick wife. When a representative of the security forces dies, everyone immediately discusses the remaining children and how they are poor will live without a father.

If you do not have children, then in the event of your death there will be no pressure on those around you. It's altruistic to put yourself in a position where your life is less valuable.

4. A huge number of orphans

There are many orphans in the world without both parents, deprived of proper care. It’s irrational to create more people in a world that already has many children that no one cares about.

3. The planet is dying

Degeneration of many species of flora and fauna is caused by deforestation and environmental pollution. And each new child will only increase the negative impact on nature. Many believe that the cause of global warming is the increase in the world's population. By not having children, you will bring less harm to the environment and the whole world.

2. There are already more than enough people on Earth

Imagine a room full of people. None of them can go outside, otherwise death will immediately occur. We still haven't figured out how to make food available to everyone, so many are starving. There is a pile of rubbish on the floor, we do not know how to properly dispose of it. In view of everything that happens between people, conflicts constantly arise.

Let's imagine that everyone has a button that can be pressed to bring another person into the room. But the space of the room will never increase. Everyone thinks that new settlers will make life better, but nothing changes. And then you just decide to throw the remote away and give up procreation.

You are afraid: the person you bring in may provoke conflicts. There is even less food and space. And then someone proposes to abandon the use of the button for a while, but no one hears. It's the same with the Earth.

1. You cannot know the future of your children

Scientists have come up with a supernova predictive engine that determines the fate of a child with an accuracy of 80% before conception. All parents consult this machine before having a child. And imagine: this machine predicted that your daughter will become a victim of violence in childhood and will be in captivity for ten years, and there is nothing you can do about it. Or if the machine predicts great suffering and serious illnesses for the child, any sane person will abandon the idea of procreation.

But the whole problem is that we have not yet invented such a machine and do not know what will happen to our children. People die from different things every day. It is unreasonable to be sure that nothing like this will ever happen to your child. And the only way to save your child from possible suffering is to refuse to conceive it.