Two of my friends have written about the decision to have (or not have) children in the last week, and I found the contrast striking, to say the least.
Corey says: "No one would call you selfish for not wanting to have a dog or a cat. And children are basically high-stakes permanent pets with fine motor skills. [...T]he reasons for reproduction can be much more self-serving than the decision to keep our genes to ourselves."
Joy says: "It’s way easier to be married with no children. I haven’t gotten a night of unbroken sleep for about 10 months now, post-baby, and it makes me crabby and desperate and unsure of my own bold assertions here. [...] But either we and our peers believe that the hard road of discipline will yield great rewards for us and society later, just as God has promised, or we seek our own momentary self-satisfaction."
