“Unless there is more support for women, I think increasing numbers will choose not to have children.”
I am childfree, partly by choice and partly by circumstance. And I am happy being childfree. I don’t have any regrets.
I didn’t really come to a definite decision not to have children – it just didn’t happen and I certainly never felt any real urge to have children. I never felt a biological clock ticking. I’ve never felt incomplete or like something was missing.
Not having children has made my life easier in terms of being able to live how I want in accordance with my values.
For example, I don’t drive due to environmental concerns – the only person I am inconveniencing by this decision is myself. Would I feel obliged to drive if I did have children?
I was also able to work part time because I only had myself to support which was much better for my mental health and enabled me to follow other pursuits, like art and studying. I feel I have lived a far less stressful life because I didn’t have children – most of the burden for childcare still falls on women and that was another reason why I didn’t want to get into it.
Unless there is more support for women, I think increasing numbers will choose not to have children. It is also a scary world to bring children into.
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