Comfort and Joy to The Childless Family

Some thoughts on Mother’s day on how to create love, purpose and meaning without kids (and with them, too!)

Create life, not babies

There are wonderful reasons to have a baby, but there are also thousands of reasons not to have one.

You may be afraid to start a family against the backdrop of a global pandemic. There is no guarantee about the next few decades about who will live or die, much less who will thrive. But fear should not be the reason you don’t have a baby if you are contemplating the possibility.

Fear is a strong motivation, but all journeys require great courage, and it often takes as much courage to forego having children as it does do have them.

Fear, then, is not something to which we should give in, either way.

I think that many people believe that having a baby will win them love. However, a bit of investigation into the facts, science, and common sense of human psychology shows that this is also not the case.

Life is about biology, not about generating love. Love is great to have, but love for the world and love for all living beings is a life-long commitment that should not be held to one time period. You cannot be a young mother, or new dad, for long. Most years of human life are not at…