[Baltar]

Great posts, both of you! My own take on this issue is that whether you should have kids depends on why you want to have kids. Having kids for the sake of having kids is wrong, wrong, wrong. It's a huge responsibility that many people take too lightly. I think the reason so many people end up with various psychological problems as they grow up is because their parents do a lousy job raising them. A child's brain forms neural connections very rapidly, and damage done at an early age can have profound effects later in life (yelling at kids, telling them they're stupid, calling them names, physical punishment, etc.). I'm guessing that many parents don't read about child psychology and parenting, and have no idea how to properly take care of children.