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"So the decision to avoid having children may amount to a kind of performance anxiety in the face of intense expectations and weak governmental and social support". (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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https://twitter.com/juutsid/status/1720518455458214044

tl;dr: millennials are afraid of failure.

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[-] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

I think that my SO and I would make fantastic parents and we almost certainly have the support system and financial means to have kids. My hang up is, what do you tell your kids in 20 years when living conditions are much worse than they are now and they realize that you must have known the trajectory society was on when you made the decision to have them? How do you explain your choice to bring a new human into a world full of increasing suffering and injustice?

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

There's always adoption - all the benefits of being a parent and you can easily deflect the blame when they ask you why their spark of consciousness was conjured into this empty and entropic universe.

[-] RedQuestionAsker2@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

Child: Dad, I'm going through a really hard time. I don't have any hope for the future, and I see society falling apart around me. How could anyone create me knowing that this is what life is like?

Dad: I guess this is a good time to tell you that you're adopted