To not have children is an aberration, something to be avoided. Like the beached whale, a sacrifice has to be made to improve the quality of life for everyone. People should have children later in lifewhen they are better able to provide for them and there are sufficient resources to nourish a child . Each child should be treasured and given the absolute best beginnings that life can offer. To value each life as special , and not look to have large numbers of children is a recipe that is better for the parents and the children.
Life has to have value.
This value should not be in numbers, as in the amount of people this world has, but in the quality of each life. Life should not be sacrificed, as in the case of going to war, but rather in not having so many children and preparing for downtimes and natural disasters. To value only a single child we would be less likely to engage in warfare that could mean the death of that only son or daughter. To value only a single child we would expend far less of the earth s resources and preserve the planet for the next generation. Our sacrifice should not be of the living, as in the case of the whales , but in those not yet born into this world.