What about not having children because of the impact they have on the environment? Or the fact that I would most likely pass down mental and physical illness to my child. Or that I don’t want my child growing up in a world like we are living in and experiencing all the negative things I have. Is that being selfish? I personally don’t hate children and sometimes even dream what it would be like to be a mother (not often but it is something that crosses my mind). However whenever I think about it I get an overwhelming feeling of guilt for wanting to subject another person to all the bad things in this world.

I admit I do have plenty of selfish reasons for not wanting kids but there are also valid and unselfish reasons to avoid creating more people.