Just as there is no real finanical time to bring new life into the world, there is no political one.

I cannot say my family was planned to any great extent, but would not change a thing given the choice, including any errors I made on the way.

The best we can hope for is that our offspring will make a better job of running the place than we and our forebares have.

I used to, but as I grew on in years I realised that every generation before me had the very same worries. The world to oldies like myself does seem more threatening at times but I think that very often we look back to our childhood days through the proverbial rose coloured spectacles. Like every generation of children they grow up and integrate into society as it is at the time - what may seem alien and potentially hazardous to us is just normal to them. Let's face it the perception that that things were better a couple of generations ago is false - 2 World Wars, Vietnam, the Cold War, slum housing - is just not true. Maybe there was a greater sense of community, but to a large extent I think it was a necessity in order to survive the horrors and shortages created by the World Wars. Even then ,however, black markets existed.
I think what we see as threats to bringing children into the world are just changes, not necessarily bad, in the way society develops; and change is one of the hardest things for most individuals to come to terms with be it at work or in life outside of work.

I believe the reverse:
the act of bringing another child into this world is destroying the planet's ability to support all other forms of life.

I think the world is slowly going down hill and if I bought a child into the world I would seriously have to consider the future state of things to know whether it would be a good place to live in!!

Absolutely! I'm with all honesty terrified of becoming pregnant. I have tried all forms of contraception to ensure that this doesn't happen outside of my control. Unfortunately, my body has decided to reject them all & without forcing gentlemen to wear protection, sex has become a game of Russian roulette.

The main reason I worry is realistically I'd probably end up as a single parent to any child that I may have in the future. Whilst, single parent families that are flourishing surround me, I have also witnessed what the children & the adults have overcome psychologically. I really don’t want to put any child through the minefield of trauma that comes with the separation of their parents.

Children & humans are adaptable to the adversities of life…but I’ll still do my utmost to avoid adding to those adversities.

I am a hypocrite because I have fathered 4 children into the world, yet bemoan the population surge. I do worry about the state of the world and my children's futures but at least they have the experience of living, which has got to be something in itself. I am of the opinion that fathering a child is not a'Little miracle' anymore, what with millions being born every day, and every time I hear someone call their baby their little Angel I groan.
Sorry, I'm a miserable so and so.

My very personal take: A child is the physical manifestation of the love the parents have for one another. No, I didn't once think about what the world might do to our child or indeed what our child might do to the world. It is probably a very selfish act, having children. I am glad that I have that little life in my life.

My fear is for the world - my little one seems to be destined to survive against ALL odds!!!

I worry loads. The thought of war etc and worrying about my kids never goes away.