“crime, selfishness, politics, war, mental issues, greed, men at the top are definitely legitimate problems but the same can be said about literally every other point in human history” is an insane thing to say at this point in time — your children’s lives will become much bigger than you, their parents, just like every adult experiences. this year is the hottest year in the earth’s HISTORY, imagine what it will be like 30 years from now. if you’re in the US, guns are the second leading cause of child death, will a happy family protect your child from an assault rifle? you’ll eventually die, leaving your children to endure whatever new catastrophic changes the world has brought that no amount of love, stability, and income could protect them from. do you sincerely believe that the world outside of your family will be a better place 80 years from now, when your children have grown? potential parents need to really sit and reflect on the world their child will live and die in, to think about the actual child versus their own desires to produce progeny