Don’t cede the field of life only to those who don’t give a care.

I think children can actually be a force for good and healing, vs. the only folks having and raising children being those who may not care about our planet, or animals.

All of these growing dangers and sadnesses are hard and real. I avoid animal products, bike, avoid plastic, eat healthy and organic in my daily life and advocate, and vote, for macro change. That may be a drop in the bucket, but all together we have power—don’t cede our combined micro powers to those who don’t give a care.

For those who recognize the threats and dangers, bringing a caring, brave child into this world vs only those who don’t care about climate crisis or human rights seems like an act of caring, hope, faith, love vs just giving up on moral activist people being raised by moral activist parents.

That said, for those who don’t want children at all irrespective of this discussion, that’s great too.

My reply: “people have very different carbon footprints. Folks in the US, on average, are something like 6 or 7 times folks in undeveloped nations. Even here, I have a much more friendly footprint than many of my friends. I believe we have to raise children who care about our planet. Those who don’t care are happily breeding away. A child can create ripples of goodness, or selfishness, their whole lives. Those who might ripple out goodness can help create a kinder greener healed world. I just wrote about this! Have you seen the Idiocracy movie? They make fun of this whole conversation.”

I’m an environmentalist. I want children. Children can be a force for eco-responsibility. They’d better be, if we’re to survive as a species. If only those who don’t give a care about our planet “breed,” where does that leave us? You know where.

It’s a healthy concern. And yes, there’s other ways to help and serve and connect and love, like adoption, or:

Love that, and yes, that’s beautiful and a good path.

I don’t think it’s one-for-one, straightforward, linear, though.

Some children, say Greta for an easy example, care and inspire and care for others…and some create tons of toxic carbon crap all their lives, along with, say, some hate and selfishness. We need caring children to lead our next generation, not not get born and raised to be loving and inspired and help out from caring parents, while uncaring parents go ahead and have big families.

You’ve seen Idiocracy?