Healthy loving homes are over rated. A lot of the best people I know didn’t grow up in such environments and ALL of the worst people I know grew up in “healthy loving homes” where parents made lots of money. For example Jeff Bezos’ mom had him when she was still in high school and struggled quite a bit.
You say you don’t like children because you don’t have any. It’s that simple.
> A lot of the best people I know didn’t grow up in such environments.
Cool. Same here.
> ALL of the worst people I know grew up in “healthy loving homes” where parents made lots of money.
Remember that correlation is not causation.
> For example Jeff Bezos’ mom had him when she was still in high school and struggled quite a bit.
I know not Jeff Bezos and I am not so egotistic to judge him one of the "worst" people I know as such. I only know he's rich on paper and has built a large and profitable business empire. Good for him. I don't agree with how he uses that empire, and I believe that it's used for bad purposes at many layers. But I'm not a part of that empire and I also believe that any large empire falls into similar categories. Is that the fault of Jeff Bezos though? I can recognize an argument for it but that doesn't make it true. There are many (!) confounding situations such that he's could simply be a product of the people and circumstances around him. That doesn't make him one of the worst people.
Have you actually met Jeff Bezos?
> You say you don’t like children because you don’t have any. It’s that simple.
I think it's extremely presumptuous of you to assume why I do or do not like something. Your comments here so far come across as extremely, almost dangerously, naive and bigoted.
I've spent a lot of time introspecting myself to learn why I do or do not like things. I can tell you right now that it's not because I don't have any. It's the opposite. I don't have any children because I know I would not be good to them. I don't enjoy dealing with children. I enjoy typing, video games, building things, burning things, and being alone.
I know that because I grew up in a poor and abusive family. I grew up in a large family as the second-oldest of nine children. I raised my siblings myself. I saw early on how neglectful parents cause problems, how cruel children can intentionally be, and how people who could help but don't are even worse.
I've had many opportunities to work with children, forcefully and voluntarily. I have never ever enjoyed the experiences. So, frankly, your comment here is disrespectful and sociopathic. Not everyone enjoys children and you are wrong to assume that everyone must enjoy the things that you enjoy.
I don't "like children" either because I'm a masculine person by nature and I don't have the baby loving gene, but it's a special thing to have a child with a woman you love. I grew to love my kids even though initially it's just a really odd thing to have a newborn in the house. Having kids changes you. It's especially transformative for women.
I hope one day you find a woman you love and have kids and a happy family, perhaps even giving them a more loving home than the one you grew up in yourself.
You say you don’t like children because you don’t have any. It’s that simple.