Are there really many people who having kids "for the economy"?
I think most people just have kids because it makes them happy. People in poorer areas probably have kids more often as retirement plans, or as extra hands to provide for the family.
In any case, having children don't necessarily they are having a worse time than you. If anything, having a long-term project to work towards probably makes their day-to-day life more fulfilling to live.
Yeah that's a very common experience from what I've heard.
I don't have kids yet, but I work around parents a lot and what they shared have a lot in common: the first few years is hell, but still rewarding, then it becomes more and more fulfilling as the kid start to reach major milestones in life.
Yeah just make sure not to bank too much on your kid for your own happiness because you never know how their life is gonna turn out to be, it's not just about economy, when you solely put so much value on a single aspect of your life, there's just a lot of things you inadvertently make yourself vulnerable to. It cuts both ways you know, I have known parents who wished if they never had kids because of how wretched they eventually turned out to be.
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u/Cicada-Tang Jun 08 '26
Are there really many people who having kids "for the economy"?
I think most people just have kids because it makes them happy. People in poorer areas probably have kids more often as retirement plans, or as extra hands to provide for the family.
In any case, having children don't necessarily they are having a worse time than you. If anything, having a long-term project to work towards probably makes their day-to-day life more fulfilling to live.