Wanting Children Is Not ‘Shameful’

(gorodenkoff/Getty Images) Shame on those who perpetuate the myth that it’s wrong to have children in the age of climate change. In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times , academic and author Jade Sasser laments the state of the world and interviews young people about whether they plan to have children. Although some express a desire for families, not a single one is wholeheartedly willing to have biological children. One interviewee even admitted it feels “shameful” to want children of her own. This piece is another in a long trend of young people, even aides to the vice president, saying they do not want children due to current events, including climate change . This apprehension isn’t a reflection of climate change’s severity. … Danielle B. Franz is the CEO of the American Conservation Coalition, the largest conservative youth environmental nonprofit in the country. Follow her on X @DanielleBFranz .

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