I came upon this article written on “the rooster” about why millennials refuse to have kids. Now, of course, having kids really isn't for everyone and not everyone wants to have kids and that is a totally valid life choice. But for people like me who want to have kids in the future, I was sorta hurt by this. I was hurt not because the author completely bashed having kids and going too far as to call them “thankless spawns.” I was hurt honestly because of how much our generation really does not want kids! Her argument was backed by quotes from people in our generation about our generations problems and staggering statistics about declining birth rates. So here is my arguments to why having “little poop machines” isn't that bad.

1. We're poor as hell because we just got out of school.

Part of being a young person is being poor. We have no money because yes we are still paying off school loans but we went to school to get educated and that is an amazing thing. More and more people are attending school and that is amazing. I agree with you Seth, you should “not try to bring up a dirt baby,” especially one at 25. And Miacah who is 23” living off a pathetic salary.” Both of you are right out of college no more than three years into a job. You will most likely get promoted and eventually be able to pay off your loans. A lot of student out of college are poor they start in entry-level jobs and work their way up. Drea, you make a valid point adoption and artificial insemination is very expensive, but maybe later in your life, because you are only 27 things will be financially easier.

2. Traffic and high rents make life miserable for people that already exist…. LOL and?

This is the title of a point about overpopulation and our environmental footprint. Green energy is on the rise and hopefully, the boneheads in the white house realize that funding green energy should be a priority. Aimee mentions adopting because there are a lot of unwanted children and of course that is such a great thing to do, but since were “perpetually broke” it's too expensive to adopt right? Our carbon footprint is already being taught. And Heather with another generation humanity would no longer exist. If you want our environment to improve maybe teaching a new generation about green energy would help sustain the world. Yes the rent is “too damn high” because of demand but not having kids isn't going to stop your rent prices, you can blame the baby boomers for that along with countless of other supply and demand problems, but those are our parents and having us wasn’t bad right?

3. Pregnancy is…not…hot; it wasn't supposed to be?

Okay, so this is a shallow point considering we just talked about how wanting to save the planet was the previous point. Pregnancy isn't supposed to be hot, its pretty cool, though. Women “incubator” of a female body is something all animals have not just humans. Babies are not parasitic, you were a baby once remember that? If you're concerned about being hot when you're creating another human life than you have other issues that I won't get into. I'm pretty sure millennials want to abolish the importance of a women’s appearance being oh so important and here we are saying that getting pregnant isn't hot.

4. We’ll fuck them up with terrible parenting; you're not even a parent yet how do you know?

Brandy, I don’t feel overly motherly nor hear my biological clock ticking in the back of my head either, Times are changing and we're changing with them. And Ryan not all kids are cute and charming either, I bet you weren't always sweet and always well behaved either I know I wasn’t. Kids can be “shitty” Ryan and when you were a young kid you were probably shitty too but you're mom and dad love you I really hope! I agree, having kids really aren't for everyone and that is fine but assuming you're going to be a terrible parent before having a kid isn't a valid reason to not have a kid. Why are you jumping to conclusions about your parenting skills? That's like saying “oh I'm shitty at soccer” before you even learn what a soccer ball is.

5. The world kinda sucks now; Please chill out.

Okay yeah, we have managed to nail down two awful presidential candidates, people are really shitty, terrorism is a prevalent evil and bad things happen. If you think the world is in the worst state it has every been in, please watch the six season series called Auschwitz on Netflix. Please read about the Vietnam war and about the Crusades. 2016 got nothing on times in our history books. Not everything is flowers and rainbows all the time people, were here to change and improve further generations not just give up and stop procreating because Trump might be the president (we have congress and senate for that guys.)

6. We want Careers. So sue us; So did my mom and here I am.

YOU CAN HAVE A CAREER AND A KID. It is not a bullshit myth. We are capable of anything humans are amazing. My best friend's older sister is a contract attorney, makes a very good salary and just had a baby it is possible. My mom ran her own personal training business for pregnant women and had me. Another friend of mine's mother has 4 kids and she is a traffic attorney. Adel, Kimmora, Beyonce, I’ll even throw in Kim, Kourtney, and Kris (Jenner) Kardashian for my reality TV lovers. Mom’s who are still doing their thing and raising kids.

7. People have kids for selfish reasons? You not wanting to have kids is selfish?

Dependent human pupa ouch! Once again you were 4 once holy crap stop with the insults! So many people do things for shitty reasons. Get over it. You not wanting to have a kid is shitty, really pick any reason above. If it bothers you that parents use kids as status symbols and what kind of self-image having kids is then change that stigma, don’t complain about it. Kids aren't personal experiments. Vicariously living through your kids is bad!! If you don’t like that change it! You're your own person, right? Why are you dwelling what other people want to do with their children?

8. Because they aren't going to fix anything. How do you know?

Every generation fixes something. You're right. Kids don’t fix problematic relationships and they really can make things worse. No one wants you to conform to having kids no one is demanding you to have kids just like you aren't commanding people to not have kids.

9. We don’t even need a reason we just don’t want them, so stop asking!… Like okay?

Fine, let the human population die. I really wanted to find out if there are life forms on other planets when I turn 90. I wanted to see if future smarter people can create sustainable life oil and carbon free. I wanted to see all the advancement our generation is laying the groundwork for to be complete, but fine let's do not have any more kids. I have never in my life heard anyone bash someone for not having kids. Why you “non-kid wanting people” so butt hurt.

But that's none of my business.