psypost.org/2023/12/new-study-confirms-many-adults-opt-for-child-free-life-without-regret-214806

My fellow childfree people stand up

Couldn’t be me

I will not spread my mental illness genes .

Most Anti natalism is tied to depression/poor mental health/cynicism. Makes sense more adults are opting for it because mental health is getting worse

the reddit-fication of parenthood

The world is just too depressing to bring newbornmortis into it.

beginning to lean more towards this everyday

Who would want their child to go through the upcoming horrors of the anthropocene

Me

We having fun on this side

Chronically online position

Life is beautiful and defeating the problems of our world is inspiring

i think ppl do it cuz kids are expensive but then they end up getting a dog or something xD

Puppies>babies

Incorrect, rather they are not opting in to having children - Child-free is the default in “our” society

“My funko pops are my children”

"opting for"

Both parents have to work, less people are f***ing, less people are getting married, less people can afford a house, less economic security, etc

Study of German peasants in 1500 - “More adults are choosing to have many children, don’t feel regret”

ive been anti kids since i was a kid but im warming up to the idea of starting a family

nah fr 😭

It’s actually much simpler, most people don’t actively want children, but in the past a) there was no easy way to prevent having children, now there is, and more importantly b) in agrarian, hunter-gatherer, and perhaps even industrial societies, children, and actually family in general, are fundamental to your livelihood, security, and legacy in a way they just aren’t in “our” society

"financial reasons" and "no partner" are two of the top reasons people give for being childless

It's more material than ideological

Right I agree that it’s material but I’m also saying the stated reasons people give for “going” child-free are post-hoc rationalizations/justifications because there is still some inertial societal expectation that people have children. In several decades this expectation will have disappeared and people will no longer feel the need to give reasons why they don’t want kids, they just won’t have kids. The same applies for getting married or even having a long-term “partner” for that matter

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