Why do many parents insist that having children is indispensable to human fulfillment, when it clearly isn't?
Why do many parents insist that having children is indispensable to human fulfillment, when the number of fulfilled childfree adults proves that it clearly isn't? I considered this question in my first post on my blog, "The Preachers of Parenthood." I made some speculations about the explanation, but now there is an actual scientific study that offers a new and intriguing explanation: cognitive dissonance.…
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26 - Bee
True. We don't really need to perpetuate our species. Humans are responsible for destroying the planet. Now, do we need a planet? Just as long as we're alive, then not anymore. So, end the planet, via too much human race, and you won't even have to think about it, because we and the planet will all be dead.
27 - Delvia
As a hopeful anthropologist, I am starting to feel that modern man was one of the higher power's and evolution's worse mistakes and a form of lower end entertainment. Children are a joke and not worth the time to raise them.