It's okay to not want children
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Complete transcript: It's okay to not want children
It's okay not to want to have children. The problem in our society is that so many people have children and don't truly understand what it takes to raise a child. They don't understand the amount of energy, attunement, and healing a parent has to have in order to raise emotionally healthy adults. Babies are a secondary altruial species, which means that human infants are the most helpless mammals at birth. Their brains are 25% of the adult size with zero survival skills. They're wired to be held and their dependency period is longer than any other mammal.
This is a massive responsibility because as baby's brains grow, they're sponges learning and repeating everything that they see. These early experiences not only shape the architecture of the baby's brain, they actually turn genes on and off. It's often a thankless and tireless role to be a parent. And not everyone desires that or is meant for that role, and that needs to be talked about. Having children is a beautiful thing. It's also a true calling. It's not an automatic default setting that a person has to do. It should be a conscious choice that is made not to get unconditional love from the child, but to create a space where a child can become who they're meant to be with consistent and nurturing support.
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