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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Please consider adoption as an alternative if you are in a stable situation and want children.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

My SO and I have both decided that we definitely don't want kids but would discuss the subject if any one of us seriously considered it for one reason or another. What we agreed on, though, is to look for adoption rather than biological children. We both have stuff we'd rather not pass along, firstly, and secondly, there's so many children that don't have any family. It's sorta like "adopt don't shop", if you will.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

if you are in a stable situation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You don’t even have to be in a stable situation to be a Big Brother/Sister at your local Boys and Girls club or a court advocate/CASA for a child. Volunteer at a school district. Children recognize how fucked everything is, and on the whole they are suffering. We need kind and loving adults to show up for them - to teach them art and read them stories to show them the parts of living that can hopefully make it worth it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

or wood chipper