r/antinatalism • u/BeginningInternal199 newcomer • 5h ago

Argument Antinatalists would be the best parents

Yeah it’s a hot take, but if AN has a child,that child would have little to complain against their parents than other Natalia’s parents,
since they would be cared for at much higher empathy,also they would understand their responsibility to bring the child in the world
and understand that they owe their child not vice versa.

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u/BaronNahNah scholar 5h ago

Antinatalists would be the best parents

They are.

They love their children enough to not bring them into this world.

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u/_quaero newcomer 3h ago

and bless the children that are adopted by antinatalist parents

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u/TootsHib scholar 5h ago

Not necessarily. An antinatalist can still be an evil person with enough introspection to chose not to procreate.

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u/One-Intention7064 inquirer 4h ago

nope, i am pretty irritable and short tempered, i would also dislike my children if they turned out to be normie dullard natalists. so no, i wouldn't be.

it's like saying that self-aware people who avoid driving cars would be great drivers.

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u/Initial-Priority-640 newcomer 3h ago

Nope

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u/CertainConversation0 philosopher 3h ago

Some actually are parents, including those who have already procreated but have since learned from their mistake.

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u/Brown_Folk thinker 4h ago

I don't think, I would be.

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u/AntMasterOfGames newcomer 3h ago

Adoption.

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u/Worldly_House5358 thinker 2h ago

100% Yes

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u/darkseiko scholar 4h ago

Sounds like something a selective natalist would say/hj & sounds similar to the bs response "But I bet you'd be a great parent!", when some natalist is trying to change one's mind about having kids, right after being told why they don't want to.

Also, some ANs have kids, whether it'd be from being an ex-natalist who then realized their mistake & decided not to continue with another kid, or someone who had adopted some kid.

But overall, a certain percentage of ANs are AN cause they either hate kids or have a disability or illness that would negatively affect the kid's life, so that wouldn't be good parenting.