Today's cute baby is tomorrow's pockmarked arsonist.

This.

And of course, as any other species, we have a biological imperative to propagate, so there are these underlying motivations that we are not even fully conscious of. We want to pass on our genes and be part of the great continuum.

But if you feel strongly that having kids isn't something that you want to do, it's probably better that you don't have them and that's okay.

It's interesting, I've had this theory that people who don't understand the appeal of kids have themselves had a bad childhood for some reason or another and Lonely Dolphin seems to lend some weight to this.

Some people say that they don't want to be bogged down with kids, because they want to be free to experience the world. But what is a greater experience than creating a new life, a new person?

Sorry Lonely Dolphin. I disagree with you.

There's something with having kids that is hard to explain to someone who doesnt... there's so many small things. Raising someone, loving and being loved unconditionally by your child is something that cannont be described.

Every time I'm leaving house to workout, work or where ever my daughter runs after me out on the lawn and calling for me to wait, hug my leg and say she loves me. A million dollar feeling every single day.

And there are people who have children who don't feel anything remotely close to what you're feeling. It's subjective.

Hello. So to have kids we have to have sex. So the real question is what is the purpose of sex. Sex is only and realistically for the reproduction of the species. Some people believe that the purpose of sex is pleasure. This is incorrect. You can many different ways of getting pleasure in your life. You can only truly have kids through sex. Sex is and always has been and always will be for the reproduction of a species. The End.

Which is why I said I disagree with him. As in, it's my opinion. No sure what you are trying to say, that there are parents that shouldnt be parents? Yeah that's definately true.

I love my kids, it's so fulfilling to watch them grow, ask questions, play with me and have all sorts of fun. There's really feelings in there that you don't get to know with anyone else.

That said, and this is what I thought before having them and still do, desire to have kids is one of the most selfish things human being experiences.

I've never wanted kids. I enjoy my peace and quiet. I understand why others feel the need to have them, i've just never felt that need personally.

Just seems like a lot of people that thought having children was pointless change their minds completely after actually having them.

That is not just as easy as you try to depict it here. Purpose is not there in itself, it needs a subject. Nobody ever decided sex is needed for the reproduction of the species. In the evolution simply the beings that had sex lived on and gave these genes on and those who haven't aren't around anymore. If you say the purpose of sex is to let the species live, it sounds like someone planned or intended it. But as water does not intend to reach the ocean but just follow gravitation, sex developed based on natural laws, not intent or purpose.

Yeast has not the purpose to create alcohol and create pleasure for people who consume it. Still that's what happens. Sex didn't developed because of reproduction of the species, but said reproduction led to the proliferation of sex. Now yeast is used to produce alcohol for pleasure and sex is used for pleasure too. It doesn't matter for that, what the reasons for their development were.