I have one child. My fiancee doesn’t want to bring more kids into this world while foster kids legally free for adoption languish, so that is what we are pursuing.
When I die I will surrounded by family, and I pity the childless people, who will die alone and lonely.
Plenty of old people, mostly women, die alone in nursing homes that had been good wives and mothers. I think people should have children because they feel the urge to be parents. I don’t think people should look at children as a form of insurance for their old age. Good for you for helping foster kids. Many non-parents contribute to their families, friends and communities in ways parents have limited energy for, though, and I wouldn’t conflate non-parent with isolation or old-age loneliness.
Plenty of old people, mostly women, die alone in nursing homes that had been good wives and mothers. I think people should have children because they feel the urge to be parents. I don’t think people should look at children as a form of insurance for their old age. Good for you for helping foster kids. Many non-parents contribute to their families, friends and communities in ways parents have limited energy for, though, and I wouldn’t conflate non-parent with isolation or old-age loneliness.