I was just reading an article on Epoch Times (See AnnaMAGA's post below) about the incoming population implosion. Pretty much all first world countries are in a serious population decline and the entire world is on the precipice of and trending towards non-replacement birth rates.
Almost all of this is due to left-wing indoctrination on many levels. Guilting women into careers over family, addiction to birth control, promoting gay life styles, gender dysphoria, abortion, addiction to materialistic things (money over family), etc.
They have their hooks into the majority of conservatives as well. Think of your conservative friends, family, and colleagues. How many of them have 3 or more children? Not many, right?
Conservatives dismiss most of the lies of the left, but they only need to fall for one to ruin their prospects of a large family. Which for us, usually comes down to making money and materialistic goods a priority over family.
We could decimate leftwing ideology in a generation, as they stop breeding and if we could convince conservatives to target 4 children.
I believe there is nothing more important right now for conservatives than these 2 things. 1 - Have at least 4 children. 2 - Be VERY active in their lives, set examples, and instill your values (if you don't, the left will).
I think people would quickly realize that there is no joy greater on this earth than having a large loving family.
Genesis 1:28. God always had a plan, we just need to listen.
I think when people are optimistic about the future, they tend to plan larger families.
I never had children, probably because when I was young I was not optimistic about my future. (I am female.) I was fearful. Even now (in my 60's) I am fearful.
Estranged from my very screwed up family and no support system to speak of; no familial stability in my life; working to make it on my own and be financially independent); no suitable partner at the right time; a conviction that I did not want to be the type of parent my parents were - not-great parenting can leave its scars and be horrendously difficult to "unlearn" in a limited fertility time window.
My late sister, who also never had children, also felt strongly about that last point. By the time we had matured enough to have any sort of wisdom and knowledge to be decent parents, it was way past our time.
I never bought into the BS line "women can have it all." Nope. I had no desire to pop out a baby just to throw the kid in day care and live on McDonalds junk while I worked.
You made the smart decision. You also realized that narcissist parents are the worst examples to have. It's the same for me, it's why I don't want kids, it's all I know. I just wish more people on our side realized it. Not all are cut out to be parents, not all want to be parents. We can't be brutally judgmental like the communists are.
My parents were unhappy people. I'm not sure they liked being parents. I don't think I'd characterize them as narcissistic, but they were very controlling. In my teens, to survive, I kept my mouth shut around them, didn't communicate with them about anything, kept to myself and just plotted my escape.
Sucks you had to go through that, but it's good that you got out. A good example of people that shouldn't be parents.
It could have been far far worse. There were some things my parents absolutely DID do right and I am thankful and grateful for that.
The way our mother treated us was a tempered, damped down reflection of the way her mother treated her and her siblings, which was brutal at times.
Plus, my father was a good provider. We at least had the stability of a roof over our heads, even if he was completely emotionally absent.
Wise words. I am going through these comments and see so much of that judgment and your comment was like a breath of fresh air
Seems our side can be just as judgemental as their side when it comes to certain things.