Why I Wouldn’t Want Kids

(Of course it's easy for me to say all these things as someone who cannot visualise being married, let alone have kids. I'm not saying I won't, I'm just being realistic)

1. Planet overpopulation
   
   The planet is supporting nearly 7 billion people, which is no joking matter. There are people who want kids but can't, those who don't that do, and those who grossly exceeded the quota number of children per family (read: Duggars and Gosselins)…
   
   I say if you want kids, just adopt - there are plenty of orphans out there. Also, your figure also won't be "ruined" by pregnancy… :P
   
   If you're married and you're choosing not to have kids for any reason, I'll respect you for it and you'll be doing the rest of us a favour in more ways than one.
   
   
   
2. The world is not safe anymore
   

   A few generations ago it was still okay for kids to go the store by themselves or be out of the house for extended periods of time, never to be seen and heard until meal times. For my generation, it took a bit more for the parents to let you go anywhere alone than their parents did with them. Now you can't let the kids out of your sight because of the child abduction stories you see and hear in the news. These paranoid parents should've taught their children some street smarts.
   

   Not to mention the natural disasters and disease outbreaks… having a kid now means that they'll never have a childhood.
   
   

3. I'm not sure if I want a Mini-Me
   
   Having (and raising) kids is a gamble - they could be healthy (or not), successful (or not), great (or not), filial (or not). So you want kids to carry on the family name - big deal. Whole family lines have died out for some reason or another. Even if you do have kids: So many things can, might and will happen. I don't think I could take that chance. Not to mention the kid having half my genetics.... cannot lah. *shudder*

   Okay, if I looked anything like say, Angelina Jolie (or have her money), then I wouldn't mind lah.
   

   Which leads me to the next point…
   
   

4. Money, money, money
   

   Children are an investment with indeterminable returns – you're not sure if you'll get anything in return. Raising them safe and healthy is one thing, putting them through school (from pre-school to college) is another kettle of fish altogether.
   
   

5. Kids these days scare me
   
   Okay, the things they go through now scare me a little – school is a now worse pressure cooker than it was when I was in school. And that is saying something.
   
   
   
6. I don't think I would be a great role model
   

   To be fair, I don't think any parent thinks that they are and they're doing the best they can to aspire to that.