I think I am one of those who chose dogs over motherhood. Not because it's "easier" to have a dog, I just... don't want kids. (And if Isaac and I decide we do, we will adopt.) I love my dogs, and horse and cat, very much and will do all I could to protect them and provide the best care. Does that mean I love them like a mother loves her children? I don't know. I'm not a mother, so I cannot compare. Though I do know there was a study (I think you reference it - my phone won't open your links. :( ) that showed woman monitored with fMRI's show the same levels of brain activities in the same places when shown photos of their children and dogs.
Anyway, I do think every few couples only having 1 kid would be a good thing, our worldwide population is huge and growing; the planet isn't going to be able to sustain our needs at the rate we're going. So in the respect, fewer people (in my opinion) are good. I don't want laws against reproduction or a mass killing of anything, just saying the earth only has so many resources to give us.
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Date: 2015-06-16 07:24 pm (UTC)Anyway, I do think every few couples only having 1 kid would be a good thing, our worldwide population is huge and growing; the planet isn't going to be able to sustain our needs at the rate we're going. So in the respect, fewer people (in my opinion) are good. I don't want laws against reproduction or a mass killing of anything, just saying the earth only has so many resources to give us.