Every year, across regions, the number of births increases tremendously without much consideration for the terrible state of the world. It's often a cause for wonder, but after much thought, I have come to understand that the 'human experience' is what makes people want to bring more children into a world like ours.
Sometimes, I can’t afford to blame them because children do contribute to the world’s future workforce. They help our aging population, and they have the potential to become innovators who solve systemic failures. But should the decision to bring them into this broken world be made at the expense of their well-being? That’s the question we ought to ask ourselves.
Personally, I believe that there is no reason that should supersede consideration for an unborn child. No matter how much a couple or individual desires children and wants them to see the world for themselves, it’s never enough justification to bring them to a place that is as broken as our planet.
This position is largely backed by the inevitability of life. Using ourselves as examples, a lot of us were brought up in poor or average homes; we didn’t have any fair advantage from childbirth, and growing up, life happenings crushed a lot of our hopes for a better future. The only thing we get to choose is our future, and the road to a successful one is often long and filled with many setbacks and uncertainties.
So, it makes sense to ask ourselves if it is worth anything to bring more children into a world that is this inevitable: a world where, no matter your social status, pain will always be a universal experience. A world where death remains a mystery, so many infectious diseases continue to torment us, and war is considered an important contributor to the longevity and power a nation wields.
The effects of not caring about the world we want to bring newborns into, is even worse in developing countries where insecurity is at an all-time high, access to quality education is a luxury, and abuse is more prevalent in every corner of the streets.
It hurts that a lot of people can’t even give a single valid proposal on why more children should keep coming to a world like ours. There’s also the fraction of religious people who always make excuses with the part of the Bible that says, “Go forth and dominate the Earth,” and I wonder if those are the kind of guardians children should be subjected to live under.
Now, my position is not to deprive people of having kids. In fact, I believe everyone should, if they want, especially those in developing countries because their inability to fully care for their offspring is often systemic. But I do think that we can be more thoughtful when it comes to procreation.
Life itself is not perfect, and nobody is expecting a spotless world, but the reality that our ecosystem has become filled with so much negativity, poorer experiences, and less hope for visible change is enough reason people should stick to a fewer number of children. Nobody has a valid reason to keep giving birth to more kids than they can cater for, both emotionally and financially.
Instead of fueling the desire for so many children or having a large family, we should all be thinking of loving the ones we already have present in the world. There are so many children in orphanages that need more attention and care. We can channel our energies and resources to nurture them, as they are children too.
In conclusion, childbearing, even in a broken world, is not really the problem. The issue is the gross lack of of self-awareness and selfishness many adults who desire children possess. It's the fact that many people think they are owed children and must do everything to have them, even when they lack the qualities required for good parenting in this age and time. I’m not sure what other people’s positions are yet, but I hope they consider the general well-being of their unborn children, and the ugly reality they may face first before ever bringing them into a world as cruel as ours.
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