I guess I can't really speak to this because while my wife and I have no children, we have nieces and nephews who we are very involved with and I would like to hope that one day the world is going to be a better place for them. I may not be living to pass down a legacy for my own kids, but I do hope that one day I will have made their lives better.
people with children get less choice with who they interact with, so there is more diversity in interaction
Maybe less choice, but more options. I fell like we are really limited in our options due to not having kids. Families do family things and we often have to take a step back and given them space because we don't have kids. Whereas if we did, our kids would probably be involved together.
This was part of a conversation today I had with a colleague. Maybe because we grew up with a culture that had kids, we still value it. What about if your nieces and nephews don't have kids?
That's their decision or the universes. If they don't end up having kids, I hope they at least go on a nice trip with whatever my wife and I are able to leave them.
Yeah, I mean, what changes in culture when more people are raised without children in sight at much at all? You and your wife don't have kids, but you have been surrounded by kids all of your life. I think that if we weren't, it would have an impact on how we perceive them and, potentially, how we think about the future. If "children are our future" and we don't have many, what then?
Then we better start figuring something else out I guess. :)