[PapsEdisa]

Hi, I was wondering what Buddhists think about having children?

It's a pretty big dilemma for me, I find the thought of not having children very sad, they can bring a lot of joy (to myself, selfish) and potentially develop into peaceful beings.

If I have children they would have to experience the pain of growing up, like discovering their parents will one day die. My second concern with having children is the future is uncertain, wars, disasters etc. plus I really don't think we will ever be able to travel large distances across space, life on Earth has a time limit, should we really birth future generations just to face extinction?

But then the reality is, regardless of whether I have children or not, everybody else will, so would it be better to have children so that there is hope they could have a positive impact on society?

I'm really struggling with this, my logic leans towards not having children but I am not sure I can honor it.