Why do poor people knowingly have children?

[Reflected]

Did this thread turn into some eugenics/antinatalism nonsense? I don't even feel like reading through such a silly topic. You only ever hear this type of nonsense from idiots that think procreation is a bad thing or they think the world is becoming overpopulated.

 

[Matt504]

Did this thread turn into some eugenics/antinatalism nonsense? I don't even feel like reading through such a silly topic. You only ever hear this type of nonsense from idiots that think procreation is a bad thing or they think the world is becoming overpopulated.

I don't think procreation is a bad thing or that the world is overpopulated, my only concern is Black children born into poverty because their parents can't afford them a better life.

 

[ndthentherewasx]

Welfare, foodstamps & a big ass check during tax time

That is true

And it's some fukking bullshyt


Gotta see my cousins bummy ass get a new car every February

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Some people have kids because they feel a lack of love in their lives. When kids are born they love them unconditionally. I think its subconsciously a selfish act by a lot of people who have kids when they know good and well they cant support them. Thats when you see these immature ass parents running around with their kids like they are best friends, buying them jordans and candy all fukkin day instead of aisin the lil nikkas. Some of these moms be treatin their sons like their boyfriends

 

[Reflected]

I don't think procreation is a bad thing or that the world is overpopulated, my only concern is Black children born into poverty because their parents can't afford them a better life.

I was waiting for your quote. lol Not looking for a discussion on this topic, opinions on here will have no impact on the real world anyways. I see a legitimate argument from both sides.

 

[Critical Distance]

I certainly don't increase the odds of doing better than my parents by having children I can't afford, would you agree or disagree?

History indicates that it really doesn't have any effect. Young adults are poorer than their parents were despite having less children in general.

 

[Audemar]

they think the world is becoming overpopulated.

Some predictive models indicate that this will be a problem at some point.

 

[Reflected]

Some predictive models indicate that this will be a problem at some point.

I would love to see those if you can find them, recent birth rates predict the opposite from what I've seen. If these models predict 100+ years into the future, I think the human race will have much more larger issues than overpopulation. lol

 

[King Poetic]

i knew chicks literally and i'm talking 35 years old who ask me to get them pregnant so they wouldn't feel lonely and told me that i wouldn't have to worried about taking care of the kid... i cut them chicks loose with the quickness

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I don't think procreation is a bad thing or that the world is overpopulated, my only concern is Black children born into poverty because their parents can't afford them a better life.

Black children aren't born into poverty because their parents can't afford a 'better' life. They are born into poverty because Black people have been marginalized, segregated, and manipulated for over 300 years in this country and only control about 2-3% of the wealth in it. African American people's entire familial structure has been destroyed and reverse engineered to engender inequality on a world-wide level. Most current wealth was generated generationally and our ancestors were never allowed to have any part of it to hand down to their descendants. Truth be told, over 70% of the entire population of this country (Black, White, Hispanic, etc.) can't afford to have children according to the criteria established by the elitists in this thread. I know this because I've worked for Federal programs specifically designed for low/fixed income households for nearly 20 years.​

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

There usually ain't shyt to do when your poor, i think a lot of people are just bored and want something to look forward too

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

It sounds crazy but some people don't give a fukk about money or a plan for anything

One of my friends is a reasonable intelligent human being, he got his girl pregnant while in college and wanted to keep the baby despite not having a job, not being financially stable, just wanted that family with his girl.......crazy, I know. She ended up saving him from himself

I also met a chick off tinder who worked at boston market and was still in school talking about how she wanted a baby. I looked at her like she was crazy & asked don't you want to be stable before you have a child....& she just was content.

but yeah for the most part there are a lot of accidents out here.

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

I would love to see those if you can find them, recent birth rates predict the opposite from what I've seen. If these models predict 100+ years into the future, I think the human race will have much more larger issues than overpopulation. lol

Werd in the U.S at least black, white, and Asian women are below replacement level and that means without immigration those populations will drop in time. This might be annecdotal but a friend of mine is a teacher in a predominantely black area and for the first time like in the history of the place they had space at the school meaning less children and the population did not drop so that means less kids.

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Couldnt afford condoms

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Internalized self-destructive behaviors, obviously.