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Anna Kendrick Opens Up About Her Choosing Not to Have Children (people.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When I tell people I don't want kids, the most common responses are: Won't you be lonely? Who will take care of you when you are old?

It seems like to me that a lot of people are having kids just so that somebody can take care of them when they are old. People like that are not very good parents in my experience. And so, even when they are old, their kids barely speak to them and don't take care for them, because they didn't take care of their kids.

I feel like I wouldn't be a very good parent. I value my free time too much and freedom to go whenever and wherever I want.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In China, that's exactly why most people have kids. In my experience, very few don't take care of their parents when they're older due to enormous social pressures. Like, you'd have to be an incredibly bad person to not check in on your parents when they're old. So, if they raised you well enough to survive into adulthood and you're not a sociopath, you're not going to let them starve in the street.