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Climate change is one of the reasons that I'm actually glad that we didn't have children. When I talk to people that have children and understand what is happening it ends up being quite depressing.


I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, perhaps you’re sees as selfish which I don’t share. I do have kids and am indeed horrified for them. I too may look selfish to others but in all honesty when you have skin in the game it the reaction is more intense.


What is the point of being horrified for your children? It will not make them stronger or more successful in an uncertain future.


"What is the point of feeling emotion X" is a category error. Emotions aren't selected intellectually for their chosen outcome, they are felt.


Fair


It’s parents’ anxiety, irrational but not something one can easily snap out of…


Compared to Europe in the 20th century with two world wars? Quite a lot of the rest of the world now?

The world not being in great shape globally, does not necessarily mean individuals not having good lives.




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