Many people struggle without adding the financial burden of a child- living in debt or barely scraping by each month.
One writer says, "The curse ends with me." Some people live with childhood trauma that they recognize would be hard to overcome if they have their own kids.
Some adults have struck a balance they enjoy by making their career about kids, but their personal life about not having them.
One user simply says, "I've met myself." They may recognize they don't have enough patience or some other quality that doesn't make them well-suited to raise children- and that's okay.
Kids are a lot of work and require a huge time commitment. This is why one writer says, "I'm way too lazy to raise a kid."
There's no right or wrong answer to the question of having kids, even though there are some societal stigmas around not having kids.