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In reply to the discussion: Climate change: Causing people to reconsider having children? [View all]Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Granted, I come from a group who are keenly aware of the population issue. Climate change is a symptom of overpopulation. Not the other way around. But it is one reason people are not having bigger families. I feel the biggest contributor isn't climate change as much as just the price of having children, which includes things like college.
I remember when my best friend decided to have a child. He called me to apologize. Haha. And of anyone I've ever met in my life, he is the most well adjusted human to ever raise a child. Too bad it doesn't work the other way around. I don't see too many people who are qualified to create another human being.
It is a phenomenon that is not happening in the more populous countries of the world, unfortunately. We're still in deep deep trouble in terms of human numbers combined with a modern lifestyle.