Have you noticed that all your friends are getting pregnant, but you aren’t feeling baby crazy? If so, you might wonder what is wrong with you; you may even feel different or othered. In reality, there are many reasons why you may not want kids—ethical, environmental, financial, and personal. Any of these can be psychologically healthy reasons for remaining childfree, and there are lots of other people with a similar mindset.

Do you ever feel that life is hard and you’re not sure you want another human to experience it? Maybe you think of all the inevitable knee scrapes and teenage heartbreaks, not to mention the infinite possibilities for catastrophe ranging from plane crashes to nuclear war. If so, you may have ethical reasons for questioning becoming a parent. Antinatalism is the idea that having children is unethical because it subjects non-consenting beings to pain and suffering. Others may take a softer view, respecting the individual choices people make around parenting, while believing that having........

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