RE: Is it selfish to have more than two children?
February 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2009 at 1:34 pm by IamAwake.)
If everyone in developed countries only had one child to replace themselves when they die, the population problem would be solved. Our population would seriously decline, which would really benefit earth. It isn't as important for people in other places because they use a tiny fraction of the resources we use per person. They have a much smaller "footprint" than we do, and also shorter lifespans. In their cases, they sometimes have 6 children in the hopes that a couple survive to adulthood. Having several children here is irresponsible in my opinion. The amount of resources each of us consumes over the course of our lives is tremendous. We are conditioned super-consumers of everything from energy to health care to food products and loads of other crap we require to keep up our ever-rising standard of living. Each child you have also has the potential to have many offspring and grandchildren and on and on. And we really aren't sure how the world will be for them when they get here, so it's really taking a risk with other people's lives. I don't think we need several kids to lead a fulfilling life, it's just that people always want to fill a hole in their lives.
