I don’t want to have kids. And I don’t say that with hate, but with a quiet thought. When I look around - especially in cities - I wonder what kind of world children are being born into. There’s pollution in the air before they even learn to breathe deeply. Noise in their ears before they learn what silence feels like. Screens in front of their eyes before they can see a full sky. What kind of childhood is this? It’s more like - something they never deserved it. Parents are expected to give everything. The extent they had to go to give a good future for their kid. Or kids. The school fees? They’re so high that it feels nonsense and unreal. Entire salaries vanish just for access to education that may not even teach them to be kind. Meanwhile, the planet is getting hotter. Water is becoming rarer. Cities are suffocating. Why would I bring a child into this? I am not exactly afraid of commitment. I am afraid of watching someone I love suffer in a world that’s already too hard. ...