Why I Will Never Have Children

Growing up, I thought it would be horrifying to have children because of the physical pain. Later, after getting into a very serious relationship, having kids seemed to be one of the most rewarding things I could do and I started to enjoy the idea of raising them to my standards. Now, I couldn't do it. I feel like bringing children into this world would be the cruelest thing I could do. And I really hate saying it.

Let me just go through a week's worth of news with you to validate my point.

1.) A man in Winnipeg, Canada, 22 year old Tim Mclean, was sitting on a bus, listening to music, when the man beside him suddenly jumped up, stabbed and decapitated him, with no pretense. There was no signs that the man was going to commit any viscous acts.

2.) In my area alone, a teenage girl was shot in the back by her own brother (but survived) and a man was beaten to death with a crowbar and stabbed by his best friend after mowing the lawn in front of 30 people, while the wife kept people away with a baseball bat, stating "He is getting what he deserves." Lastly, one of Jim Webb's aids, in his mid-20's, was found dead on the side of the road laying on top of a gun, with a bullet wound to his head.

3.) A newlywed couple was attacked by gunshots on the last day of their honey moon, the wife being killed, in the Caribbean Island of Antigua. *see picture above*

This all happened in one week. I know things like this happen everyday, well, sorta. Most of these stories are quite horrifying and rarely happen. It seems to me that most of these attacks or deaths happened for no or some very meek reason. I struggle with the lack of human compassion and the increase in senseless violence.

Plus, it seems like a war will always be occurring, the environment is deteriorating, and it seems as if people have no safe haven anymore. I'm not trying to be negative or a doomsday theorist, I just know that I won't have kids until I see some kind of improvement.

And I wonder if that is possible. The world is a scary place. A large part of the population are on medication to get through the difficulties of life, me being included due to severe anxiety, or people dwelve into drugs or alcohol to escape reality.

I truly believe that most people are good at heart, but there are enough bad ones that are successfully crushing the human spirit. Thats why I think people need to stop being scared, including me, and fight back. I think the world is worth fighting for. Do it for us, do it for the ones who come after.