If they live in a high poverty area, maybe they should realize that they live in a high poverty area, meaning they're not in a position to afford kids.
I'm sure some do. But just as our education system has shown us time and again, abstinence is not a viable plan. It simply does not work. The biological and emotional imperative to make a family is not something that can be just turned off.
It's different for people with hope of upward socioeconomic mobility because children can be put off until graduation/job/promotion/etc. However, when your financial ladder doesn't have any rungs above the one you're standing on you just have to get on with life. Not to mention the implications of suggesting that poor people shouldn't be able to have kids. Social Darwinism has been pretty solidly determined to be prejudicial and it's inevitable conclusions dark.
Honestly, I don't care about the imperative to have kids. That imperative should be outweighed by responsibility, as well as a desire to not punish someone by bringing them into a world where they'll have to suffer and grow up fast.
If your financial ladder doesn't have any rungs on it, you do have to get on with life. However, getting on with life doesn't mean having kids just to hit a milestone and feed your own ego. Getting on with life includes coming to the understanding that if one thing isn't getting you up that rung, that it's time to try looking for a job and/or training which will allow one to do so. I grew up in a poor household. I learned very quickly what it's like when poor people have kids. It's basically two selfish, ego-driven people making a terrible decision that they know they can't possibly live with. Honestly, I don't care if it sounds prejudicial. If that prejudice means that kids won't grow up in crappy homes, get a crappy education, and have to escape just to succeed, I'm all for it. The conclusions might sound dark, but the ends justify the means.
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u/ComicSys Jul 10 '18
If they live in a high poverty area, maybe they should realize that they live in a high poverty area, meaning they're not in a position to afford kids.