6 Valid Reasons Why Some Women Do Not Want To Have Children

I used to think I was the only one, but women who don’t want children are beginning to speak up and question whether or not they should have children.

Whenever I’m around children for longer than two minutes, I start to think about if I really want to have kids. Is this something I really want? To be honest, I’m enjoying my relationship and the freedom of doing things whenever I want, without having to change a poopy diaper or wish for more than one hour of sleep a night.

And when I’m around other people’s children, I wonder if this is something for me. Because let’s be honest, raising children is a lot of work, much more than most of us think it is.

# Population control

We all watch the news, we all have eyes. Right now, the world isn’t going down the best road. If we keep bringing more people onto the planet, well, who knows how much of a planet we’ll have left. Overcrowding and environmental deterioration are strong reasons to not have children.

Not only do they not want to contribute to the problem, but they also don’t want to have their offspring suffer with what’s happening around us.

# Children aren’t cheap

I know you can’t put a price tag on love. Let’s get real, children aren’t cheap. In fact, raising one child in the United States until they’re 18 will cost you around $250,000. On top of those costs, you may have medical, car, and other financial payments which make it hard for you to think about financially supporting another human being. If you can’t support yourself, how can you support a child?

# She has fertility issues

This is a common problem with women. It prevents many women from continuing the process of getting pregnant. Depending on the treatment needed to have kids, it could simply cost too much or they don’t want the pain of trying and having it fail. Some women don’t want to go through any artificial procedures if they can’t bear children naturally.

# Fear of passing down certain genes

Naturally, we’re curious about how our child will turn out. If your family has a strong history of health issues, including mental health, your desire to bring a child into the world may not be as strong.

There’s a huge fear that women *and men* will bring a child into a world filled with hardship and suffering.

# Career matters more

Some women would rather focus on their career than raising a family, and we all know the struggle of balancing both career and family. You simply can’t have it all. This is why some women choose to focus on their jobs rather than a family. Can you blame them? No. At least they’re not spreading themselves thin. Instead, they’d rather just not have children at all.

# They don’t have maternal instincts

It’s assumed that all women have maternal instincts because, well, they’re women. But not all women are packed with maternal instincts. Just because we have reproductive organs, doesn’t mean we come with the empathetic and nurturing skills needed to raise a child.

For women without maternal instincts, they prefer not to have children for the sake of themselves and the unborn child.