I am curious if the majority of leftist people don’t actually want children haha. There doesn’t seem to be any studies about it, but my convos with leftists is that most don’t seem to want to have children either for the uncertainty of the future or because they are too expensive or because it wouldn’t give them too much time to organize or whatever other reason that I forgot about.
I personally lean on not having children because I have been laid off of several jobs and having someone financially dependent to me scares the shit out of me and would put my stress levels through the roof.
I could probably be a good parent, but I could also probably put that to the test by doing teaching or something, without the need to try to have kids first. Of course, this is assuming I found someone to have kids with in the first place. Anyway, I tend to have mixed feelings about it. It appeals to me on some level, but it would also be a huge commitment to take on and one I’m not currently well-equipped to handle materially. When I’m on dating apps, I tend to put like “open to kids” cause I don’t feel closed off to it like some do who don’t want children, period. But I could not say I’m actively pursuing the idea either. It also just feels a bit weird to think about as a decision I make at any point, since I’m not the one who would be bearing the child. I know it matters though insofar as I’m looking for someone who wants the same thing. But since I’m not sure what I want and some of it for me depends on things like financial stability, that makes it harder. If I lived in a socialist state where financial stability came relatively easily, as did community support systems, I’d probably be much more into the idea. But in the US? Sometimes I wonder how much can hold together before weeks become decades. So it’s hard to even think about a lifetime commitment like that.