Originally posted by: Juddog
I am at a similar point in my life to the author. I am married but my wife and I haven't decided to have kids, and may just never have kids at all.
My friends all have kids, and all constantly tell me how great they are, yet are always tied down because of the children from doing many of the things I can do with my free time. My one friend with 4 kids (and a 5th on the way) has sat there for hours trying to explain to me the joy of children but it's like the article says; the rewards are intangible to someone without children. In ways it does remind me of people that go to church trying to convince me to convert to one religion or another. They say there are all of these benefits but as an outsider I just don't see the benefits. There are already so many people in this world that I have a hard time giving myself a reason to have children, and with the population blooming there are rough times ahead when the resources start drying up.