Danger: You May Become A Parent

Children are hard work, major inconvenience, heavy expense, and constant worry. Why would couples voluntarily burden themselves with that? What is the compensation? What is the reward? The reward, if any, is vicarious: watching a child take his first steps, or making the football team, or earning an A in algebra, or editing the school paper, etc. Are those things worth the grinding responsibility and attrition of nerves which are parenthood? There are too many things not thought of by perso...