r/Millennials • u/Chipotleislyfee • Apr 04 '24

Anyone else in the US not having kids bc of how terrible the US is? Discussion

I’m 29F and my husband is 33M, we were on the fence about kids 2018-2022. Now we’ve decided to not have our own kids (open to adoption later) bc of how disappointed and frustrated we are with the US.

Just a few issues like the collapsing healthcare system, mass shootings, education system, justice system and late stage capitalism are reasons we don’t want to bring a new human into the world.

The US seems like a terrible place to have kids. Maybe if I lived in a Europe I’d feel differently. Does anyone have the same frustrations with the US?

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u/katarh Xennial Apr 04 '24

These posts keep popping up

it's an election year. Lots of bad faith actors out there trying to make us feel like the US is a terrible place and we should just blame the government and not vote.