Dear Amy: I am responding to a woman who wanted to know how to respond when people ask when she's going to have a baby.
I am 64, and my husband and I elected not to have children. Knowing what we do about the rise in human population and the problems that today's children will face in the future with climate change, global warming, peak oil, and that in 100 years this planet will be a very different but not better place -- those are reasons enough not to have children.
We are "child free," not "childless," and proud of it.
Jennifer in Oregon
Dear Jennifer: Though I don't necessarily share your dim view of the future, I certainly respect your choice.
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