Kids are not cute! They are as good as any other form of
progeny. In fact, the other progeny would not depend on the parent for as long
as a human progeny does! That's like 20 long years. And that's just not
it.
What happens if the kid is not settled in his life even
after 20 yrs.? You cannot handle your kid failing in the world's rat race to
competition. You want your kid to be everything you ever wanted to be yourself.
For how long can the parent generation keep rubbing their interests on the
faces of their children? At some point all this madness has to stop. If you're
having kids because you have planned out a perfect life for them by training
them with all the things you wished for yourself, you should re-think!
The other perspective is having a child to keep your family going.
However, you have to be sure of the genes you are passing on. Did you have an
average score at acads, have bedwetting problems in your family history
or have inheritable disorders like stunted height, obesity, type-a
diabetes, or mythomania? You might want to reconsider passing on those dreadful
genes to someone else. How do you think the society will treat them? The kid will
be an outcasted freak. But, if you do have good IQ and beauty, you might still
go ahead and add your kid to the world population only to realize that he has
deviated from the good path and has become some sort of a freak.
I’m sure the newlyweds of this generation are no longer
under the pre-conceived notion of bearing kids as an investment for someone to
look after them when they are old and feeble. Whether you have kids or not,
nobody will love you like your mother when you’re sick and bedridden. In the
last stages of your life, you cannot expect your children to quit their jobs
and hover along your side.
I am not against having children. I am against the concept
of having your own children. The very notion of trying to see a younger updated
version of yourself. By building sand
castles of successful children, you not only put a stress on the performance of
your children, but also add them as a variable that is directly proportional to
your happiness quotient.
Try to adopt the less fortunate urchins. Fund for their
education. This way you have the pride of a lion for raising someone’s bar in
the world. You will be somebody’s God. You are not only decreasing the burden
of an extra child on the planet, but also saving up multiple renewable and non-renewable
sources of energy such as water and fuel.
Plan a world trip with the people you love. Keep every commitment
you ever made. Live life king size!
