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Yeah, that won't end well when they are older.
Not sure you should default to burdening your children with elder care duties.
Back in the olden times there weren't 401Ks or other such safety nets. We've advanced but culture is lagging, as it often does.
There won't be anyone to care for the elderly or work normal, service, or public service jobs. The economy will crash, and life will feel like a dystopia.
Yes, but those not having kids won't benefit; those who have kids will benefit.
What does it feel like now?
People that have kids only so the parents are taken care of when they are older don't raise kids that take care of them when the parents are older.
It's not just your kids; many do not have kids, and no one will care for anyone. You'll just be abandoned to rot, uncared for, until dead.
Well, there always is a permanent answer you can choose before obsolescence.
Having kids only so that they'll take care of you when you're old is one of the worst reasons to have kids I've ever heard. A child who is only wanted because they can do something on your behalf in the future is not a child who will be loved. What child deserves that?
My guy, I'd literally rather kill myself when I can't take care of myself anymore than create a whole entire human being that I don't want for the sole purpose of having a nursemaid when I'm old. That's like, the worst possible reason to have a kid. Not to mention that there are tons of reasons a kid might not be able/willing to take on that role, so plenty of people are going to end up totally boned if that's their plan anyway.
So you just accidentally admitted that your children were a purely selfish act. Checks out, honestly. The people who would actually be good parents often don't want to be. The ones who are hot garbage as parents don't care, are dumb and overconfident, and have many kids. Dunning Kruger effect applies here to a sickening degree.
I'm not sure if you've picked up on the pattern, but it won't end well for anyone either way. People are getting poorer and less secure just plain matter of fact. Retirement age is coming later and later. Healthcare becoming less and less accessible. Late life benefits are at the whim of a bunch of geriatrics in DC who persistently vote to reduce, delay, or completely remove things previous generations enjoyed.
The outcome isn't changing no matter the path anyone of us takes. So you may as well keep kids out of that inevitably.
Why not?