The only thing that is worse is the idea that the world owes me a free ride. Go back and read books written 50 years ago and they claim the world will tip over due to overpopulation. Look at the gas crunch of the early 70s and see how people claim we’ll run out of fuel in “ten years”. Crime is up? Only because there weren’t stats kept in the 1800s and before.

The reality is that the world changes, but many of the issues we deal with have been around for a long, long time. Rather than creating blanket statements about how bad everything is, why not make changes individually. If individuals were to make their own changes in attitude, perception and lifestyle then perhaps the world would be a little better. It’s not population that’s creating problems, rather it’s perception and the follow through on those perceptions that are the real killers.

Course, I’m just one parent, bringing up his kids to be good toward their fellow man.

caleb – you seem to have said it the best…

I don’t disagree with thisportion of your post. You cleaned up your statement, saying that “one of the problems is…” is much diffrent than “it all stem’s from havin’ babiez”. Here again, I think that the more people that are here, the more to help clean up the mess (glass is half full? Earth way too full?), what’s that…they don’t want to help? REALLY? Why’s that? Oh they don’t give a crap (stems back to how they were raised, IMHO)…some kids do care including mine. Teaching them at a young age to care about your fellow man as well as the world you live in is ALL on the adults shoulders. Sad thing here is, not much is going to be done in the way of “procreation”… (vasectomies in 5th grade and only reversed with an established job, home and reached the age of 25 would be the only means of slowing it down…) people will continue to have kids no matter what effect it has on the world we live in. The only time the vast majority end up caring…is when it DIRECTLY effects them. (ie; oil prices) Sad thing is that I have realized our generation (for the most part…I beleive) has the mentality that “we’re owed eveything…” I just hope that many who share this same mentality… wake up and step up.

“Just wait 15 or so years from now when your children become an adult & tries to enter the real world… for one thing, it will be much harder/worse than it is now, & I’m sure you will not enjoy watching/experiencing that.”

By then, things could 180° and life could be something fantastic for the kids and parents who helped change it. Do I think that’s the case…can’t say. All signs right now point to not likely. Drastic times call for drastic measures…things could change…if we make them. No parent looks forward to the possiblity of watching their kids suffer, many of us apparently won’t have a choice but that doesn’t mean that life isn’t worth living and that the best can’t be made of it…in the end…we’re all going to a better place anyway. That’s my real motivation, besides my children.